Joe Girardi didn’t challenge the hit by pitch call Friday night because the replay that showed the ball hitting the knob of the bat took a minute to appear:
“There was nothing that told us that he was not hit on the pitch,” said Girardi. “By the time we got the super slow-mo, we are beyond a minute. It was way too late. They tell us we have 30 seconds.”
Without video that cast more doubt on the play, and not wanting to break the rhythm of pitcher Chad Green while the umpires took two minutes to potentially not overturn the call, Girardi let the game move on. After 30 seconds, Girardi told the umpires that he wasn’t going to challenge.
Managers have two challenges in the playoffs, and I don’t know if the Yankees had lost one at that point. This was probably one of those cases where they should have challenged anyway, but Girardi was more concerned about his pitcher.
Again, I’m going to reiterate, I think about keeping a pitcher in rhythm. Maybe I’ll think different now.
Down two games to none against an excellent Indians team, Girardi may not get another many more chances to weight the benefits and risks of a challenge.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2xYxlnZ
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