Who/when decided that that play had to be overturned?

If Jeff Head was involved, you can bet it was fricked up!

The rule wasn’t applied correctly. The rule is there so the catcher can’t set up and block the plate while waiting on the ball.

Watch the replay, the path from third base is open (he never steps on or in front of the plate) once he catches the ball he advances down the third base line to make the tag.

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Who/when decided that that play had to be overturned?

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Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe, out of the SEC office in Birmingham.

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Watch the replay, the path from third base is open (he never steps on or in front of the plate)

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He maybe had a toe in front of the base. It was a judgment call and they judged he was in front of the plate. Whatever.

That’s not the point of the post.

Is there a link to the play?

That’s the real question. It’s a spot call. If someone saw a balk you immediately throw up your hands and yell dead ball. You don’t wait until the teams are in the dugout. If you see it call it dead. They didn’t do that. Know why? Because they didn’t see it.

I think the rule is also so the catcher doesn't get hit by the batter or interfere with him. This batter bailed out (unwisely IMO) when he should have stayed in the box. If, according to the rule, stealing home is treated like a suicide squeeze then the batter must have the opportunity to swing/bunt.

The main problem here is he did not step on the plate and the home ump obviously didn't see it, so I'm thinking a base ump called the conference and they decided to call it.

It's just a terrible judgment call in that situation. If you're going to call it, you better be damned sure he was on the plate.

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I was down the left field line. Their coach came out of the dugout looking for a balk call and was making a movement with his legs and arms as a pitcher that balks. After that the officials convened for half a hour to figure out what the call was and never told the stadium so all of us were left clueless.

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I would bet that’s a reaction to the ump not making any call directly after the fact. but that’s all speculation.

Anyways, no matter what they need a rule change. They can’t expect a catcher to stay in his stance until the ball arrives in a squeeze situation.

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It technically wasn’t a balk on the pitcher though right? The catcher interfered so the result was the same as a balk. WHEN DID THEY DECIDE TO DISCUSS THE CATCHER INTERFERENCE

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It’s both. Either way, if the catcher interfered you call it immediately. It’s a spot call that is immediate and ball is dead. If you see it you instantly call it. It’s like a fair or foul ball down line. They didn’t see it in real time or they would have immediately called it. They didn’t which means none of them immediately saw anything.

It's just such a stupid interpretation of the rule. When the batter bailed out, it shouldn't have mattered what happened after that. The ball beat the runner by a week. It makes no sense to award a run that was totally undeserved.