In this video randy Johnson hits a bird with a fastball how do the umps call it?

Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35DiRh_Zq0Q#

SO does he get a wild pitch and is charge with an error is it a ball a strike. does nothing happen. I am trying to figure out what the umps did

Answer 1

The call on that particular play ended up being a do-over.

There are several places in the MLB rulebook that esentially say that any situation not accounted for in the rules is decided by the umpires themselves. The umpires in that game realized that not counting the pitch would be the fairest thing to do since the bird simply interfered with the pitch. Calling a ball would be unfair because the pitch may have been headed toward the strike zone before the bird flew by and calling a strike would be unfair since the ball wasn't able to reach the plate.

Answer 2

I think nothing happened. I can't really remember but, if there was such a call it probably be like, Interference With Wild Nature. And then the ump would flap his arms like a bird or what ever animal just got beaned by the pitcher.

Answer 3

Ball

A BALL is a pitch which does not enter the strike zone in flight and is not struck at by the batter.
Rule 2.00 (Ball) Comment: If the pitch touches the ground and bounces through the strike zone it is a “ball.” If such a pitch touches the batter, he shall be awarded first base. If the batter swings at such a pitch after two strikes, the ball cannot be caught, for the purposes of Rule 6.05(c) and 6.09(b). If the batter hits such a pitch, the ensuing action shall be the same as if he hit the ball in flight.

Answer 4

in case you hit a chicken on your motor vehicle going 35 miles an hour, the chicken does not stay. So why might it proceed to exist a ninety 5 mile an hour speedy ball? And, specific I understand that a motor vehicle is alot heavier than a baseball. yet what are the percentages it lived?

Answer 5

I think it's a dead ball and a no pitch..there really isnt any fair way to call it since Johnson nor the batter could control that..the only fair thing to do was call a dead - ball and a re-pitch

Answer 6

9.02
(a) Any umpire’s decision which involves judgment, such as, but not limited to, whether a batted ball is fair or foul, whether a pitch is a strike or a ball, or whether a runner is safe or out, is final. No player, manager, coach or substitute shall object to any such judgment decisions.
Rule 9.02(a) Comment: Players leaving their position in the field or on base, or managers or coaches leaving the bench or coaches box, to argue on BALLS AND STRIKES will not be permitted. They should be warned if they start for the plate to protest the call. If they continue, they will be ejected from the game.
(b) If there is reasonable doubt that any umpire’s decision may be in conflict with the rules, the manager may appeal the decision and ask that a correct ruling be made. Such appeal shall be made only to the umpire who made the protested decision.
(c) If a decision is appealed, the umpire making the decision may ask another umpire for information before making a final decision. No umpire shall criticize, seek to reverse or interfere with another umpire’s decision unless asked to do so by the umpire making it.
Rule 9.02(c) Comment: The manager or the catcher may request the plate umpire to ask his partner for help on a half swing when the plate umpire calls the pitch a ball, but not when the pitch is called a strike. The manager may not complain that the umpire made an improper call, but only that he did not ask his partner for help. Field umpires must be alerted to the request from the plate umpire and quickly respond. Managers may not protest the call of a ball or strike on the pretense they are asking for information about a half swing.
Appeals on a half swing may be made only on the call of ball and when asked to appeal, the home plate umpire must refer to a base umpire for his judgment on the half swing. Should the base umpire call the pitch a strike, the strike call shall prevail.
Baserunners must be alert to the possibility that the base umpire on appeal from the plate umpire may reverse the call of a ball to the call of a strike, in which event the runner is in jeopardy of being out by the catcher’s throw. Also, a catcher must be alert in a base stealing situation if a ball call is reversed to a strike by the base umpire upon appeal from the plate umpire.
The ball is in play on appeal on a half swing.
On a half swing, if the manager comes out to argue with first or third base umpire and if after being warned he persists in arguing, he can be ejected as he is now arguing over a called ball or strike.
(d) No umpire may be replaced during a game unless he is injured or becomes ill.

I would think he would have called it a dead ball and no stat would be kept of it since there is no rule that I could find on this,but there should be,during windy games alot of debris can whip around the field.

Answer 7

It went in the books as having never happened.

It was called no-pitch and the game resumed.

Answer 8

I remember seing it. I saw it live. I don't remember what they called, but i bet it was just a redo pitch after.

Answer 9

I don't know what the umps did, but that is one of the funniest things i've ever seen.

Answer 10

It shouldn't be called anything. Re-do.