00:00he is ryan ripkin what's going on ryan what's going on guys happy monday happy monday and ryan
00:06you were in north of the border in canada in toronto i should say as the play unfolded
00:11your thoughts on the controversial play the double play that should have been but was not
00:16yesterday yeah so that was um you know uh a pretty eventful play that still people are talking about
00:27the interpretations on what it should have been so for those that are listening that didn't see the
00:32call sixth inning chopper up the middle ernie clement's running the second base and gunner
00:40is going towards them and for ernie to avoid a tag he does a little detour i think further than
00:49three
00:49feet out to the right and um uh the umpire doesn't rule him out of the baseline gunner gets you
00:58out
00:58at first it could have been a double play would have ended the inning and we know what happened
01:02and after that the blue jays kept it going with some two out rbis um so the rule is right
01:08you know
01:09you're gonna have three feet once you establish your running lane and then on top of it it's at
01:14the umpire's discretion so i'm just saying all that because at the umpire's discretion it is his
01:20judgment on why to make that play now having said that i don't agree with his judgment um because just
01:28how far ernie was running by the time to me that was an established uh base running lane you know
01:37if
01:37he had started this earlier in the process on ford and the ones that are saying oh gunner didn't attempt
01:43the tag enough that was the other reasoning you know gunner put out his glove and some people were
01:49trying again it was a judgment of well how much of an attempt was it but if you watch it
01:54in real time
01:55if gunner overextends to try to get ernie in my opinion it throws him off to try to get the
02:02out at
02:02first so i don't think he gets the out at first if he has to overextend on the play and
02:07uh i thought
02:08it was a missed opportunity um by the umpire i i still was that a real quote after the game
02:14about like gentlemen gentlemen yes yes that is that is wild uh like i still i still i'm having
02:24a hard time processing i was getting on the plane yesterday and i'm going like that we live in a
02:29world where there's ai there's no way he said that there's no way um but that that's like how i
02:36feel i mean
02:37and here's the reality of the play um was it a make or break call for the orioles on the
02:42day
02:42no because if gunner makes the play before uh where he had his error we're probably not talking about
02:48this if shane boz makes another pitch or two we're not talking about this and the seventh inning when
02:54the orioles have first and second no outs with the chance to tie the game get back in it they
03:00don't
03:00execute and and they lose the game right so there's other parts but was that a massive call
03:07absolutely and the biggest thing is you want to get calls right and personally i don't think they
03:12got the call right yes correct and that's exactly what i want to continue this instead of i was going
03:17to talk about something else but now that you're talking about this um the whole purpose is to get
03:22the call right and you're correct i mean gunner bobble the ball and you know so and we've had other
03:27issues but that is the players play on the field that can't be corrected in hindsight they made a
03:33mistake you know they made an error as it's aptly named but when officials do things like this and
03:38that guy that guy was taking an exit off a highway that wasn't even close i mean he he ran
03:44like you're
03:44completely out of the baseline and wasn't called and yet they called on the jackson holiday so you
03:50know it wasn't evenly applied and my my point is now that we have the ability to review things
03:56in all four major sports because i think the officiating in the nba finals has been terrible i think
04:01it's been bad in the nhl during the stanley cup playoff um it is but they've allowed too much
04:05violence you know and shouldn't they have something where it's like even i feel like they're afraid to
04:11embarrass their officials when they make these egregious mistakes are you happy with the way that
04:16they're handling this or not or should it be improved well i'm like this is with this play and just
04:23how the
04:23interpretation of the rules like again it goes down to discretion so even if they went replay here
04:28you know i don't think that they overturned whatever call was on the field because the umpire
04:35they could they could twist it the way that they want to right because it's not like uh which i
04:41still
04:42think with replays by the way and there's the play with gunner and boston on a ball to first
04:46uh i believe what what it was and i thought that he beat it out and you know it wasn't
04:51overturned yeah
04:52you know so like there's on those plays where you feel like it's it's very very clear on an outer
05:01safe
05:02call that should have no gray area but when it comes to these calls there always is going to be
05:08a gray
05:08area because although you can go and look in the replay and slow it down and go hey or anyone
05:13to take
05:14a pit stop to right field you know you it it's still at some point i can see the argument
05:20of why
05:21he's saying well he was trying to avoid the tag which he has a right to avoid and where did
05:28he in
05:29their mind started and is and is that three feet can you measure three feet i mean if you want
05:34to get
05:34that analytical mlb is not going to do that so that that's to me where the gray area is um
05:40and above all
05:41you're right the jackson later in the game jackson did get tagged which i wish that they had called
05:45it that way but the part was later on the umpire goes no he's way out of there no no
05:50players just
05:51want consistency yes consistent results and and that's the part that's frustrating for the team is
05:58um again it was a big was it a big call absolutely um i just don't know if you go
06:05review on that that
06:06that's going to change anything unfortunately hey ryan looking at the the situation we kind of
06:11talked about it did they leave shane boz in too long after that i mean he's been on one and
06:15he's
06:15looked great um what are your thoughts about just the turnaround of the starting pitching and we got
06:19bassett today coming off that back injury yeah i mean so to answer your question i was fine leaving
06:26him in i honestly after that whole emotion and even on the broadcast i was saying there's a lot of
06:32emotions frustrations you got to try to settle back in you know take a deep breath maybe you have a
06:37mound visit there to say hey let's let's let's let's uh bear down i know that was that was that
06:45was uh that that ticked you off and rightfully so i got i got over under 14 or 15 uh
06:51f-bombs
06:53and so and so but in baseball as we know you got to try to then get take your emotion
07:00out of the game
07:01because you got to go make some pitches and i thought boz was great i think the starters have been
07:04great um and the biggest thing that i've noticed with each one of them is they're finding out how
07:11their stuff plays to their advantage i think maybe early on you're trying to use your pitches and maybe
07:17you don't have a feel of one what works and what doesn't um and shane boz the big thing that
07:23i saw
07:23what worked is he's he was filling up the strike zone number one and when you have good stuff you
07:28throw
07:29strikes better things can happen and i thought he was mixing his arsenal pitches better his he set up
07:35his fastball better with a change-up that he didn't throw as much earlier in the season uh which
07:41i think then ultimately makes his knuckle curve better and and same thing with he stopped throwing
07:47cutters to lefties and only throwing it to righties and so i think that's the evolution for the orioles
07:52pitchers so despite how it all ended where they had that rally in the six for the blue jays the
07:58starting pitching as a whole i thought kyle bradis still pitched well just a bad sequence um with two
08:05outs that led to the runs but this orioles staff if they continue to do this yeah the trajectory of
08:12this team will continue to be better just uh we would be talking a lot different light too the orioles
08:18would be coming back from toronto winners of uh four or six on this road trip instead of
08:22coming back at three and three ryan ripkin from the ryan ripkin show ryan how how can we find you
08:28also right here on the fan this week that's a good question uh baltimore baseball tonight uh with you
08:35guys this week thursday and friday i'll be ripping it with bob haney from 12 to 2 there you go
08:40ryan thanks
08:41a lot for your time man thanks man thank you appreciate it have a great day guys you too ryan
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