Atlanta V. St. Louis -- perfect example why the umps need to go.

[Nastradamus]

I can't find it on line right now, but Harold Reynolds did a great piece on similar calls just this season, at pretty much exactly the same time and spot.

[The Q]

I just read an article that said that was the furthest infield play in like a decade or something.

And I'm not sure anyone was gaining an unfair advantage on that play, which I believe was also part of the rule.

[ducky]

What will be interesting is if we start seeing these calls made regularly now rather than once per decade.

There are plenty of times I have seen that same call made on a fly to the short outfield like that (although not quite that deep)....you just might not notice most of the time because the infielder makes the catch.

...in fact it was just 5 or 6 years ago that I remember Luis Castillo purposfully dropping the ball on a play like that because he saw the batter didn't run out of the box so he was going to try for the double play. That dude was sneaky. He would always take a peak at the batter to make sure he ran out a pop if a person was on base.