Did he or Didn't he????????

[Volador]

ESPN, while showing Vol highlights of one of the most amazing baseball games in UT's history, wanted to make sure everyone saw Blake Burke (supposedly??) holding back his swing with two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the ninth. (ESPN really loves us, don't they?) Sooooo, what say you Vol Nation?

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[P.O.T.S. VOL]

Screw'm...we know who we are!

 

[Orange931]

We’re beating a dead horse here at this point. What about the balk call and the bs calls that should’ve been strikes a few times that gave them runners and they ended up scoring?

 

[WillisWG]

I would expect FSU to maybe have a poll on the call but not VN. 3rd Base Ump made the call, no swing end of story.

 

[Hacksaw]

FSU fans will always think it was a bad call and I don't think we can blame them for feeling that way. But it's also true that If the roles were reversed, they'd be just as happy as we are -- and unapologetic. After all, it the umpire's call and that's the way the game goes. And they'd be right.

It could've gone either way and we were fortunate to be on the good end of it. They still have to live with the fact that they were one out away with a 2-run lead and couldn't seal the deal. What's done is done and it's in the books.

 

[Volador]

I would expect FSU to maybe have a poll on the call but not VN. 3rd Base Ump made the call, no swing end of story.

Yeah, saw it w the rest of us. Just wanted to see what other Vol Nationites thought. It's good to be a BaseVol fan!

Knox News: Did Blake Burke swing vs. FSU? Controversial no-swing helps Tennessee to College World Series win

 

[txbo]

Weak ass stuff to blame one ball/strike call.

 

[Lefteye]

We’re beating a dead horse here at this point. What about the balk call and the bs calls that should’ve been strikes a few times that gave them runners and they ended up scoring?

That balk called made me furious at the time. His pauses were all exactly the same before and after that butt crack call.

 

[Bigvalley84]

Number 1 the only opinion that mattered was the third base ump and he said no swing , number 2 we had several of their guys struck out that walked and came around to score and 3 they had a base runner miss 3rd base with the ball still in the outfield so let em whine

 

[volplaya8]

yay

 

[vols 30]

Either way would've been the right call. That was as close as you can get without getting a strike call. If the ump had called a strike, I would've been ok with the call.


The game wasn't decided by that one play

 

[volplaya8]

Option 2 is wrong and should be worded differently…the rule reads as this…

NCAA 2-39 Half Swing​

Half Swing

SECTION 39. An attempt by the batter to stop the forward motion of the bat while swinging, which puts the batter in jeopardy of a strike being called. The half swing shall be called a strike if the barrel head of the bat passes the batter’s front hip. This does not apply to a bunt attempt when the batter pulls the bat back.


Crossing home plate has nothing to do with anything…where do you guys get this nonsense from…lol

 

[Orange931]

Option 2 is wrong and should be worded differently…the rule reads as this…

NCAA 2-39 Half Swing​

Half Swing

SECTION 39. An attempt by the batter to stop the forward motion of the bat while swinging, which puts the batter in jeopardy of a strike being called. The half swing shall be called a strike if the barrel head of the bat passes the batter’s front hip. This does not apply to a bunt attempt when the batter pulls the bat back.


Crossing home plate has nothing to do with anything…where do you guys get this nonsense from…lol

And it should never have anything to do with home plate. Not all batters stand at the very back of the batters box, so I can totally agree with the rule.

 

[the_great_pumpkin]

50/50 call…… I do know 100% that the Florida State Seminoles are in the loser’s bracket.

 

[GetEmVols]

ESPN, while showing Vol highlights of one of the most amazing baseball games in UT's history, wanted to make sure everyone saw Blake Burke (supposedly??) holding back his swing with two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the ninth. (ESPN really loves us, don't they?) Sooooo, what say you Vol Nation?

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Not sure. I probably need an angle on the actual third base line to be able to tell.

 

[Madscientistvol]

we’ve been on the wrong side of this kind of stuff enough, I just don’t care. We won, they lost. Take care of business against UNC now.

 

[Volador]

we’ve been on the wrong side of this kind of stuff enough, I just don’t care. We won, they lost. Take care of business against UNC now.

Amen

 

[MSME Vol]

Umps were terrible all night. FSU can't argue that they benefited from a bunch of "strikes" at shoelace level

 

[BearCat204]

ESPN, while showing Vol highlights of one of the most amazing baseball games in UT's history, wanted to make sure everyone saw Blake Burke (supposedly??) holding back his swing with two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the ninth. (ESPN really loves us, don't they?) Sooooo, what say you Vol Nation?

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Dont feel like it was as obvious of a blown call as some would babble about. At worst, thats a 50/50 call and it always has been. Lets not talk about the horrid strike zone we got in the 3rd that led to fsu stacking 5 runs that inning. Easy to pick out this single moment and cry like a bitch that you were robbed. They were robbed by replacing whitaker and the drop in center field

 

[djwes]

That was likely a bad call by the umpire. But it has no more impact than the bad call no strike calls that allowed Florida State to get multiple runs. They both affected the game.

 

[EZE]

ESPN, while showing Vol highlights of one of the most amazing baseball games in UT's history, wanted to make sure everyone saw Blake Burke (supposedly??) holding back his swing with two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the ninth. (ESPN really loves us, don't they?) Sooooo, what say you Vol Nation?

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Stop whining about ESPN. It was a huge play in the game.

And it doesn’t get any closer than that.

 

[Rocky Top T]

It was very close, just happy umpire called it the way he did

 

[volfan102455]

Yeah, saw it w the rest of us. Just wanted to see what other Vol Nationites thought. It's good to be a BaseVol fan!

Knox News: Did Blake Burke swing vs. FSU? Controversial no-swing helps Tennessee to College World Series win

If they choose to write about this - at least get it right, unless I remember incorrectly it was TWO pitches later. Regardless, FSU lost the game because they allowed 4 runs in the bottom of the ninth. Edited to add: I rechecked it was two pitches later - the reporter was too interested in taking away from the Vols win to even make sure this was correct.

One pitch later, Burke would single up the middle to tie the game at 11-11. Tennessee would then walk it off two batters later to hand the Seminoles a 12-11 loss, sending FSU to the "loser's bracket" of the CWS. Florida State entered the eighth inning with an 11-7 lead.

 

[tennesseeduke]

ESPN, while showing Vol highlights of one of the most amazing baseball games in UT's history, wanted to make sure everyone saw Blake Burke (supposedly??) holding back his swing with two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the ninth. (ESPN really loves us, don't they?) Sooooo, what say you Vol Nation?

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Ump said no swing! End of story!

 

[MAD]

The question should be, was that the biggest choke job by FSU or not?

You are up 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th and you are worried about one pitch being a strike or a ball.