During a recent baseball game, an umpiring error occurred involving New York Yankees player Aaron Judge. Judge, known for his experience and skill, unexpectedly faced scrutiny over his sliding technique into second base. He expressed surprise over the incident, noting he thought he might have broken his finger during the slide but was not concerned about being called for interference. Subsequently, the umpiring crew, led by crew chief Andy Fletcher, admitted to missing an interference call on Judge's slide. Fletcher acknowledged that after reviewing the play, it was clear that the slide was not a natural part of the game and should have been ruled as interference.
Crew chief admits missed interference call on Aaron Judge slide https://t.co/vIcmL4Kx1d https://t.co/9SncJ3XVof
Crew chief Andy Fletcher on the Judge slide: "It appears that the call was missed. It should’ve been called interference because it wasn’t a natural part of his slide. It didn’t appear that way to us...after looking at it, it appears that it should’ve been called interference."
Crew chief Andy Fletcher on the Aaron Judge slide, per @CyrtHogg: “On the field we got together and did the best we could to come up with a correct answer. After looking at it on replay, it appears that the call was missed. It was an unnatural part of his slide.” https://t.co/pEGfVaIw46
Aaron Judge on his slide into 2B: "That's never happened before in my life. I've been sliding like that for years. I was more concerned about how [Willy] Adames has a great arm. I thought I broke my finger there. There was no concern on my part [about interference]. I've been…
Umpiring crew said they made a mistake not calling interference on Aaron Judge: https://t.co/bdT36yqXqS
Crew chief Andy Fletcher said they missed the call on Judge’s slide. “On the field we got together and did the best we could to come up with a correct answer. After looking at it on replay, it appears that the call was missed. It was an unnatural part of his slide.”