[gstelmack]

The problem I have with this is shouldn't the umpire have simply called the guy at the plate out automatically once the tag was applied to Pierre? Why the need to appeal at all, aside from the umpire screwing up? I know they are calling it a "four out rule", but is there really a need for that when the guy at third left early and never tagged up like he was supposed to? There's no need to even consider that guy "out", it's more like he never left the base to begin with.