September 20, 2008
Home Run Reversal
Carlos Pena gained a home run Friday night thanks to instant replay:
Pena's drive to right field off Boof Bonser appeared to be touched by a fan before bouncing off the top of the fence. First base umpire Mike DiMuro signaled fan interference, bringing both managers out of the dugout.
The umpires huddled immediately and decided to look at the video for the third test of the system since Aug. 28, when baseball allowed umpires to use it determine boundary calls.
"The thought was the fan reached over and definitely made contact with the ball," DiMuro said.
It took 4 minutes, 10 seconds to reverse the call.
"We saw two angles," crew chief Gerry Davis said. "The first one was inconclusive. The second one was the one that showed it."
It was not a critical call as the Rays were blowing out the Twins.
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Too bad this type review was not available for ump R. Garcia when Jeffrey M. reached out for Jeter's playoff fly ball. What really infuriated many fans was in the very next game umping on LF line, Garcia thought he was a celebrity and was signing autographs for fans during the middle of the game, a no-no for ball players but Garcia's ego was greater than that. Garcia also will be remembered for getting run over by run scoring Jr Griffey when he got in the way at home plate. Later Garcia admitted blowing Jeter's homer but he was rightfully purged from umping along with the likes of Eric Gregg who made awful strike calls to give L. Hernandez the playoff game strikeout record.