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I've watched the clip of this a few times back (I'm sure most Os fans have) and my conclusion is:
I can't believe how unfathomably stupid this explanation is by Hunter Wendelstedt, and how much it doesn't reflect that Clement actually moved after Gunnar fielded the ball.
@balkwhisperer You're correct about the rule. But it's clear to anyone not trying to be a homer to umpires that when 2B had completed the act of fielding, he turned to make a play on R1, establishing the baseline. R1 then continues to veer to the right, well outside of his established line.
Crew chief Hunter Wendelstedt and 2B umpire Nic Lentz explained the Ernie Clement call to a pool reporter and said Gunnar Henderson was still in the act of fielding when Clement established his wide base path.
“It was actually a very gentlemanly thing to do,” said Wendelstedt.
He literally tries to tag him right before this screenshot. It wasn’t close because Clement was several feet out of the base path. Try actually watching the game before commenting on it.
This was a rather dubious decision, to put it mildly. Ernie Clement left the base path to avoid Gunnar Henderson's tag. He should have been called out. Instead of an inning-ending double play, Clement was ruled to not have left the base path, and he scores on the next play.