They called this an out, padres coach kicked out as well for disagreeing also.
August 19, 2025
They called this an out, padres coach kicked out as well for disagreeing also.
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Yikes, that’s pretty bad call. Especially if this was after replay.
HR
Isn’t he interfering with the player’s ability to catch the ball? I’m not sure if you need to actually touch the ball to be called for interference. Seems like it should be an out.
Fans shouldn’t reach into the field. Calls like this will keep happening until people learn that.
That was a bad call.
I’m kind of an expert on bad baseball.
Gonna need a replay on that replay.
That’s a HR all day
“Well he clearly intended to catch the ball, so thats good enough I guess” – Umpire.
That’s a terrible clip.
If you slow it down than scrub it you can see the ball change direction right around his wrist area
Padres fan here: I think the call was it hit the fans forearm on the way down? It doesn’t seem like clear evidence but that’s the only factor I can think of? I believe it’s a home run, even if the fan didn’t touch it he wasn’t catching that.
Well I would agree/disagree if you posted the relevant part of the clip, unless there is some reason you excluded that part
You can see from this angle that the ball grazes the fans arm before it reaches Ramos’s glove. Idk if the fan meaningfully altered Ramos’s chance of making catch, but this call isn’t as terrible as it seemed initially.
Looks like the call was fan interference. Batter would be out in that case.
“Spectator Interference
Definition
In every case of spectator interference with a batted or thrown ball, the ball shall be declared dead and the baserunners can be placed where the umpire determines they would have been without the interference. **When a spectator clearly prevents a fielder from catching a fly ball by reaching onto the field of play, the batter shall be ruled out.”**
Clear out.
Has nothing to do with touching the ball. Spectators were interfering with his ability to catch the ball by leaning in.
This isn’t a good replay, it doesn’t show the ball caroming off the fans appendage.
Watching this live, I thought it was a bad call; being able to see the ball deflected I think the reviewers were right.
I don’t even care about the actual call but am greatly concerned at that fan’s catching “technique.”
I actually don’t hate this call. Imagine trying to catch a ball traveling 70 mph and people are sticking their hands in your face.
Fan interference? Good call.
whyyyy can’t fans learn to not reach their hands out near players
This is missing like 3 prior seconds of important context
Turns out NYC didn’t see contact with the fan, but the fan reached far enough over the wall to obstruct the fielder’s view. As for Shildt, there’s no negotiating: it’s an automatic ejection to argue a *reviewed* call.
This replay doesn’t show the whole thing. The ball grazes the fan’s forearm. And also even if it didnt hit the fan, the line of sight is obstructed. The fan reaching out already compromises the ability of the outfielder to cleanly field the ball.
Why would you share a video that starts SO close to it being in his glove if not to obfuscate what happened
Wrong angle. It hit the fans arm. Plus, I got Robbie Ray going tonight for fantasy so I’m good.
He is clearly out. It’s fan interference. If you reach out as a fan and break the plane of the fence or wall, you are interfering with play.
There are signs everywhere. Don’t reach over into the field of play. He only reached out a foot or so, but it doesn’t matter, he broke the plane. If the fielder reaches over the plane to catch it, that is fair game, and a fan can take it away.
Fan interference. Batter is out. The fan broke the plane of the fence or wall. Not by much, but you can see he did.
Great job replay room
It was interference call. The fans who interfered should be ejected not Shildt.
Don’t stick your hands over the fence into the field of play you bum.
Gotta be the most uncoordinated fan in the ballpark. Dude looked like he was trying to catch a beach ball.
It hit the fans hand coming in. excellent call.
Fan Inference.
Kind of crazy how almost everyone in this thread thinks it was a bad call because they saw *one angle.* It 100% hit the fans arm before hitting the glove, that is textbook interference.
right decision not sure why you choose not to show the arm graze just a sec before maybe you are padre fan but that’s a out.
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Yikes, that’s pretty bad call. Especially if this was after replay.
HR
Isn’t he interfering with the player’s ability to catch the ball? I’m not sure if you need to actually touch the ball to be called for interference. Seems like it should be an out.
Fans shouldn’t reach into the field. Calls like this will keep happening until people learn that.
That was a bad call.
I’m kind of an expert on bad baseball.
Gonna need a replay on that replay.
That’s a HR all day
“Well he clearly intended to catch the ball, so thats good enough I guess” – Umpire.
That’s a terrible clip.
If you slow it down than scrub it you can see the ball change direction right around his wrist area
Padres fan here: I think the call was it hit the fans forearm on the way down? It doesn’t seem like clear evidence but that’s the only factor I can think of? I believe it’s a home run, even if the fan didn’t touch it he wasn’t catching that.
Well I would agree/disagree if you posted the relevant part of the clip, unless there is some reason you excluded that part
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/eHEpNuxrUU
You can see from this angle that the ball grazes the fans arm before it reaches Ramos’s glove. Idk if the fan meaningfully altered Ramos’s chance of making catch, but this call isn’t as terrible as it seemed initially.
Looks like the call was fan interference. Batter would be out in that case.
“Spectator Interference
Definition
In every case of spectator interference with a batted or thrown ball, the ball shall be declared dead and the baserunners can be placed where the umpire determines they would have been without the interference. **When a spectator clearly prevents a fielder from catching a fly ball by reaching onto the field of play, the batter shall be ruled out.”**
Clear out.
Has nothing to do with touching the ball. Spectators were interfering with his ability to catch the ball by leaning in.
This isn’t a good replay, it doesn’t show the ball caroming off the fans appendage.
Watching this live, I thought it was a bad call; being able to see the ball deflected I think the reviewers were right.
I don’t even care about the actual call but am greatly concerned at that fan’s catching “technique.”
I actually don’t hate this call. Imagine trying to catch a ball traveling 70 mph and people are sticking their hands in your face.
Fan interference? Good call.
whyyyy can’t fans learn to not reach their hands out near players
This is missing like 3 prior seconds of important context
https://www.reddit.com/r/Padres/s/IloVqsIkLd
Turns out NYC didn’t see contact with the fan, but the fan reached far enough over the wall to obstruct the fielder’s view. As for Shildt, there’s no negotiating: it’s an automatic ejection to argue a *reviewed* call.
This replay doesn’t show the whole thing. The ball grazes the fan’s forearm. And also even if it didnt hit the fan, the line of sight is obstructed. The fan reaching out already compromises the ability of the outfielder to cleanly field the ball.
Why would you share a video that starts SO close to it being in his glove if not to obfuscate what happened
Wrong angle. It hit the fans arm. Plus, I got Robbie Ray going tonight for fantasy so I’m good.
He is clearly out. It’s fan interference. If you reach out as a fan and break the plane of the fence or wall, you are interfering with play.
There are signs everywhere. Don’t reach over into the field of play. He only reached out a foot or so, but it doesn’t matter, he broke the plane. If the fielder reaches over the plane to catch it, that is fair game, and a fan can take it away.
Fan interference. Batter is out. The fan broke the plane of the fence or wall. Not by much, but you can see he did.
Great job replay room
It was interference call. The fans who interfered should be ejected not Shildt.
Don’t stick your hands over the fence into the field of play you bum.
Gotta be the most uncoordinated fan in the ballpark. Dude looked like he was trying to catch a beach ball.
It hit the fans hand coming in. excellent call.
Fan Inference.
Kind of crazy how almost everyone in this thread thinks it was a bad call because they saw *one angle.* It 100% hit the fans arm before hitting the glove, that is textbook interference.
right decision not sure why you choose not to show the arm graze just a sec before maybe you are padre fan but that’s a out.