Kyle Peterson, Chris Burke argue over review of Wyatt Langford's foul ball

Things got tense between ESPN analysts Kyle Peterson and Chris Burke during Sunday’s College World Series game between Florida and Oral Roberts. Gators outfielder Wyatt Langford appeared to hit a home run to left field in the third inning, but replay showed the ball flew just behind the foul pole.

Officials initially called it a home run for Langford, but then reversed the call before announcing the play was under review. That led to some confusion for Peterson, who questioned why they would need to announce the call had been changed if they were still going to review it anyway.

“If you’re gonna have a crew chief review, why do you change the call?” he asked. “It’s kind of irrelevant at that point.”

Burke, however, argued back that the change before reviewing was necessary.

“We know that the call on the field matters a ton because you’ve gotta have undisputable evidence,” he said.

That led to a back-and-forth between the two on the matter.

“But you do (have undisputable evidence),” Peterson said.

“But the call on the field was originally a home run, so you need to change that call,” Burke replied.

“We’ve got 817 cameras here and that was not above the pole. Just go look at it right away.”

“You have to change the call on the field first. You have to.”

“You have to change it for the crew chief to review it?”

“No, not to review it. Just in case, you need to make sure you’re going to review the call you believe is right.”

After realizing they weren’t going to get anywhere, Peterson acknowledged he and Burke would just have to move on.

“We’re gonna agree to disagree here, which is fine,” he said. “We’ve known each other long enough. I’m not gonna hold grudges or say anything bad about you in public.”

Shortly after that, an official ruling was made as Langford’s hit was called foul. Peterson maintained his stance that there was no point in changing the call on the field beforehand as it really didn’t affect the ultimate outcome.

“Come together really quick and go, ‘hey, man. I’m not sure, but let’s go look at it right now,'” he said. “Just right away. It just feels like there’s a little bit too much theatrics in getting ultimately to the right call.”

The call was big at the time, as it prevented Florida from taking a two-run lead on Oral Roberts. Langford returned to the plate and ultimately struck out as the Gators exited the inning with a 2-1 advantage.

Florida later made up for it with a pair of home runs in the fourth inning to increased its lead to 5-1. That is where the score currently still sits in the top of the fifth.