Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game

SmashMouth · 10-07-2015, 08:00 AM

ESPN producer on illegal bat: “We all missed it live” | ProFootballTalk

Crazy how this cost the game for Detroit. Sorry to see that. Slo. Even crazier that BSPN whiffed on this as well.

Here is the original article.
ESPN dropped the ball on illegal bat | ProFootballTalk

SloMotion · 10-07-2015, 03:03 PM

, it's being called "Bat-ghazi" around here. I was escorted from my favorite, local, MNF-viewing type place though,

. To be fair, the owner had asked me at lunch to come back & watch the game there and I did warn him it might get ugly,

.

Fine play by Kam Chancellor (SEA), makes me wonder/ask why the Lions DB's aren't coached to do that, #scratchhead. And then Jim Caldwell's lukewarm, nonchalant reaction to the whole thing,

. If I ever meet that guy, I'm taking his lunch money, just sayin', quit rolling over on some of these calls and voice a little displeasure over getting screwed, for crissake,

.

I didn't know the exact rule at the time, but I did remark that it was a "forward hand-pass" similar to what happens in hockey and that the ball probably should have went to Lions ... hence the alleged altercation with the morons at the Seahag's table, allegedly.

.

SmashMouth · 10-07-2015, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by SloMotion

, it's being called "Bat-ghazi" around here. I was escorted from my favorite, local, MNF-viewing type place though, . To be fair, the owner had asked me at lunch to come back & watch the game there and I did warn him it might get ugly, .

Fine play by Kam Chancellor (SEA), makes me wonder/ask why the Lions DB's aren't coached to do that, #scratchhead. And then Jim Caldwell's lukewarm, nonchalant reaction to the whole thing, . If I ever meet that guy, I'm taking his lunch money, just sayin', quit rolling over on some of these calls and voice a little displeasure over getting screwed, for crissake, .

I didn't know the exact rule at the time, but I did remark that it was a "forward hand-pass" similar to what happens in hockey and that the ball probably should have went to Lions ... hence the alleged altercation with the morons at the Seahag's table, allegedly. .

No pics/vids of said fight in watering hole?

SloMotion · 10-08-2015, 05:04 AM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

No pics/vids of said fight in watering hole?

, nah, it was a brief (but loud) "STFU-before-you-wind-up-having-to-use-that-#12-jersey-for-a-tourniquet-or-sling"- gate,

. No harm, no foul, I was in there eating lunch & sipping ice tea Tuesday afternoon,

. I warned 'em, I don't like to drink during Lions games, #shrug.

But whattya' guys think about this: Matthew Stafford’s Wife Shames Lions Fans, Says Matthew Will Continue To Fight For Detroit « CBS Detroit

A coupla' dumbasses Facebooked themselves burning a Matthew Stafford jersey a couple games ago ... obviously Failclown transplants,

. Anyhoo, Kelly Stafford goes on Instagram and disses the city & the fans with a broad, general statement, WTF?! All's I can figure is he met her in college, University of Georgia, and she grew up a Can'tlanta fan figuring that kind of stuff (jersey burning) is commonplace everywhere. Drama! Like Detroit fans haven't had enough BS over the years that they now want to hear from the player's wives,

.

It's gonna' be that kind of year ... WWBD ... what would Brittany do?

#sigh.

halloween 65 · 10-07-2015, 03:16 PM

Detriot got screwed on that call.

CharityMike · 10-07-2015, 03:27 PM

Just more proof that the replay system and what can be challenged needs a lot of work. No excuse that refs that are being paid to know the rules, dont. The ref in the end zone should have been fired. To have a blatant no call of this magnitude is inexcusable.

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K Major · 10-07-2015, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by CharityMike

Just more proof that the replay system and what can be challenged needs a lot of work. No excuse that refs that are being paid to know the rules, dont. The ref in the end zone should have been fired. To have a blatant no call of this magnitude is inexcusable.

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+1. That back judge couldn't have been no more than 5 feet away from the play. How do these refs NOT know the rules (illegal bat) at this level?

What was even worse is that all of the refs got together to deliberate & still missed the call

.

Inexcusable is an understatement.

SloMotion · 10-08-2015, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by CharityMike

Just more proof that the replay system and what can be challenged needs a lot of work. No excuse that refs that are being paid to know the rules, dont. The ref in the end zone should have been fired. To have a blatant no call of this magnitude is inexcusable.

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It was under the two-minute mark and couldn't be challenged? But yeah, in what sport can a player advance the ball, puck, sphere out of play and possession not be awarded to the other team?

Fine. Your team should never put themselves in a situation where the ref's could decide the game anyway ... that's the mantra we live by, but geez! This is becoming almost s.o.p. with these calls & the Lions and they just take it as business-as-usual, dum-de-dum, go-about-our-day. Caldwell has about as much fire/motivation as a plank of wood, just sayin'.

.

BusDriver · 10-07-2015, 04:21 PM

I have always wondered why there isn't a penalty for when the player trys to punch the ball out and misses but hits the other player.

NOLA54 · 10-07-2015, 05:44 PM

It look intentional to everyone but the refs.

10-07-2015, 03:03 PM	#2
SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Re: Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game , it's being called "Bat-ghazi" around here. I was escorted from my favorite, local, MNF-viewing type place though, . To be fair, the owner had asked me at lunch to come back & watch the game there and I did warn him it might get ugly, . Fine play by Kam Chancellor (SEA), makes me wonder/ask why the Lions DB's aren't coached to do that, #scratchhead. And then Jim Caldwell's lukewarm, nonchalant reaction to the whole thing, . If I ever meet that guy, I'm taking his lunch money, just sayin', quit rolling over on some of these calls and voice a little displeasure over getting screwed, for crissake, . I didn't know the exact rule at the time, but I did remark that it was a "forward hand-pass" similar to what happens in hockey and that the ball probably should have went to Lions ... hence the alleged altercation with the morons at the Seahag's table, allegedly. .

10-07-2015, 05:55 PM	#3
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,477 Blog Entries: 29	Re: Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game Originally Posted by SloMotion , it's being called "Bat-ghazi" around here. I was escorted from my favorite, local, MNF-viewing type place though, . To be fair, the owner had asked me at lunch to come back & watch the game there and I did warn him it might get ugly, . Fine play by Kam Chancellor (SEA), makes me wonder/ask why the Lions DB's aren't coached to do that, #scratchhead. And then Jim Caldwell's lukewarm, nonchalant reaction to the whole thing, . If I ever meet that guy, I'm taking his lunch money, just sayin', quit rolling over on some of these calls and voice a little displeasure over getting screwed, for crissake, . I didn't know the exact rule at the time, but I did remark that it was a "forward hand-pass" similar to what happens in hockey and that the ball probably should have went to Lions ... hence the alleged altercation with the morons at the Seahag's table, allegedly. . No pics/vids of said fight in watering hole?

10-08-2015, 05:04 AM	#4
SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Re: Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game Originally Posted by SmashMouth No pics/vids of said fight in watering hole? , nah, it was a brief (but loud) "STFU-before-you-wind-up-having-to-use-that-#12-jersey-for-a-tourniquet-or-sling"- gate, . No harm, no foul, I was in there eating lunch & sipping ice tea Tuesday afternoon, . I warned 'em, I don't like to drink during Lions games, #shrug. But whattya' guys think about this: Matthew Stafford’s Wife Shames Lions Fans, Says Matthew Will Continue To Fight For Detroit « CBS Detroit A coupla' dumbasses Facebooked themselves burning a Matthew Stafford jersey a couple games ago ... obviously Failclown transplants, . Anyhoo, Kelly Stafford goes on Instagram and disses the city & the fans with a broad, general statement, WTF?! All's I can figure is he met her in college, University of Georgia, and she grew up a Can'tlanta fan figuring that kind of stuff (jersey burning) is commonplace everywhere. Drama! Like Detroit fans haven't had enough BS over the years that they now want to hear from the player's wives, . It's gonna' be that kind of year ... WWBD ... what would Brittany do? #sigh.

10-07-2015, 03:16 PM	#5
halloween 65 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Grand Haven, Michigan by way of a little Mississippi River town in Louisiana Posts: 5,893	Re: Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game Detriot got screwed on that call. Halo likes this.

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CharityMike Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Mid City, New Orleans Posts: 3,556	Re: Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game Just more proof that the replay system and what can be challenged needs a lot of work. No excuse that refs that are being paid to know the rules, dont. The ref in the end zone should have been fired. To have a blatant no call of this magnitude is inexcusable. Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk UK_WhoDat and K Major like this.

10-07-2015, 08:00 AM	#1
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,477 Blog Entries: 29	Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game ESPN producer on illegal bat: “We all missed it live” \| ProFootballTalk Crazy how this cost the game for Detroit. Sorry to see that. Slo. Even crazier that BSPN whiffed on this as well. Here is the original article. ESPN dropped the ball on illegal bat \| ProFootballTalk

10-07-2015, 03:56 PM	#7
K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,738 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game Originally Posted by CharityMike Just more proof that the replay system and what can be challenged needs a lot of work. No excuse that refs that are being paid to know the rules, dont. The ref in the end zone should have been fired. To have a blatant no call of this magnitude is inexcusable. Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk +1. That back judge couldn't have been no more than 5 feet away from the play. How do these refs NOT know the rules (illegal bat) at this level? What was even worse is that all of the refs got together to deliberate & still missed the call . Inexcusable is an understatement. UK_WhoDat likes this.

10-08-2015, 05:12 AM	#8
SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Re: Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game Originally Posted by CharityMike Just more proof that the replay system and what can be challenged needs a lot of work. No excuse that refs that are being paid to know the rules, dont. The ref in the end zone should have been fired. To have a blatant no call of this magnitude is inexcusable. Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk It was under the two-minute mark and couldn't be challenged? But yeah, in what sport can a player advance the ball, puck, sphere out of play and possession not be awarded to the other team? Fine. Your team should never put themselves in a situation where the ref's could decide the game anyway ... that's the mantra we live by, but geez! This is becoming almost s.o.p. with these calls & the Lions and they just take it as business-as-usual, dum-de-dum, go-about-our-day. Caldwell has about as much fire/motivation as a plank of wood, just sayin'. .

10-07-2015, 04:21 PM	#9
BusDriver 100th Post Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: ICT Kansas Posts: 183	Re: Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game I have always wondered why there isn't a penalty for when the player trys to punch the ball out and misses but hits the other player.

10-07-2015, 05:44 PM	#10
NOLA54 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,708 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Illegal Bat The Ball-GATE, Detroit vs Seattle game It look intentional to everyone but the refs. RailBoss likes this.

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