[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, that was really weird.

Watching it at full speed a few times, I was positive the ball dropped. Watching in slow-mo, I wasn't so sure. No doubt that if there were instant replay in baseball (*shudder*) this would have been a call that would have remained as-called on the field, no conclusive evidence in the replay (though why Fox had only 1 camera angle on it is a mystery).

I'm still pretty sure the ball hit grass, not the tip of Ethier's glove. And thus I think the right call was eventually made on the field. It's not common for umpires to reverse their call after consulting, but it happens. The only thing unique about this situation is that I've never seen them reverse a call in a situation where, having made the wrong call initially, the result of the play is affected. Namely, had it not been ruled an out initially, the Reds would have had some chance at scoring 2 runs (though no guarantee with Ethier's arm). And I suppose even that is not all that unprecedented, there are plenty of situations (interference, ball going out of the field of play) that happen fairly commonly where umps are required to make a judgment call as to how likely it is that a runner would have advanced.