‘That Is Incredible!’: Braves Beat Pirates on Umpire‘s ’Unbelievable’ Call in 19th Inning
- Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:15am by
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Atlanta Braves' Julio Lugo slides safely home in front of Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Michael McKenry to win the game during the 19th inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. in Atlanta. Atlanta won 4-3. (AP Photo/John Amis)
ATLANTA (AP) — Julio Lugo scored from third base on a contested play at the plate, giving the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 win in 19 innings over the Pittsburgh Pirates early Wednesday morning.
The game, which ended at 1:50 2 a.m., was the longest in Turner Field history and matched the longest in the major leagues this season. At 6 hours, 39 minutes, it was the longest by time for both teams.
Lugo took on Scott Proctor’s grounder to third baseman Pedro Alvarez, whose throw to catcher Michael McKenry easily beat Lugo to the plate.
Lugo tried to avoid McKenry’s tag with a pop-up slide. Replays indicated McKenry made the tag, but home plate umpire Jerry Meals called Lugo safe.
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle argued the call vigorously, following Meals off the field as the Braves celebrated.
With one out in the 19th, Daniel McCutchen walked Lugo. Jordan Schafer followed with a single to center, moving Lugo to third.
With their bench and bullpen depleted, the Braves had to let Proctor (2-3), their eighth pitcher of the game, hit for himself. Schafer advanced to second without a throw before Proctor’s grounder led to the final play.
The Phillies and Reds played 19 innings on May 25.
The Pirates’ previous longest game was 6:12 at San Diego on Aug. 25, 1979. The Braves’ previous longest game by time was 6:10 against the Mets on July 4, 1985, at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
The Pirates scored two runs in the first and pushed their lead to 3-0 in the second on McKenry’s homer. The Braves answered with three runs in the third, and the score remained 3-3 through the next 15 innings.
Several thousand fans from the announced crowd of 22,036 were still in the stands in the 19th inning, many standing and chanting.
The Braves lost catcher Brian McCann in the 10th inning when he strained his left oblique. He will be placed on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday.
McCutchen (3-2) gave up one run in 5 1-3 innings.
The Pirates fell one game behind first-place St. Louis in the NL Central.
The Pirates had a chance to avoid extra innings but wasted a scoring chance in the ninth. McKenry had an infield single off Craig Kimbrel and moved to third on pinch-hitter Brandon Wood’s single.
The Braves called a pitchout as Xavier Paul was squaring to bunt and McKenry was running toward the plate. McKenry stopped too late and was thrown out at third. Kimbrel struck out Paul to end the inning.
Atlanta’s Chipper Jones, who strained his right quadriceps in Monday night’s game, hit a groundout as a pinch-hitter in the eighth.
Jones, 39, came off the 15-day disabled list on Monday following arthroscopic surgery on July 9 to repair torn cartilage in his right knee.
Nate McLouth and manager Fredi Gonzalez were ejected by Meals in the ninth. McLouth struck out swinging and then remained at the plate, apparently to argue a called strike two by Meals. Gonzalez ran onto the field too late to intervene and keep McLouth in the game.
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Comments (239)
sWampy
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:11amBaseball deserves this crap, there should be an electronic strike zone, and replay.
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:27amI agree
Report Post »MGB-CPA
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:46amLighten up
http://www.mgb-cpa.com
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:10pmThis ump should be Suspended
Report Post »randy
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:28pmThe Ump must be part of the Obama Administration.
2+2 = 5, Up is down, wrong is right.
Fire that Ump
Report Post »Bear
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:35pmGee was this ump paid off?????? That was clearly a missed call on purpose..they just don’t make guys umpires with bad vision and depth perception?? What tells me this guy ended it is how fast he got off the field and gave no time to the manager to plead his case in a 19 inning ball game…..he just scurried off the field! If this truly was incompetence he should never be home plate ump again…and if he threw the game…he should be fired…and if you think people should lighten up about it…I hope you never become an umpire Dude!
Report Post »Cause4Liberty
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:55pmHe Missed the TAG! Watch the first video, about 2:10 into it, it clearly shows the catcher missing the tag. GO BRAVES!
DUMBASPELOSI
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:09pmI’ve watched this 3 times – and I think it could be the right call. Video can be misleading, but in two of the views – it looks like the catcher sweeps the tag – but never touches the runner with the ball. In fact it looks like the only contact between the runner and the catcher is when the catchers upper arm contacts the runners shoulder. That “contact” does not get the out . . . you’ve got to touch the runner with the ball or the glove with the ball in the glove. There are many examples over the years where a player tags a runner with his glove – while holding the ball in his bare hand – resulting in no out. Don’t blame Hurdle – from his angle it would look like the tag had to happen – I tip my cap to the Umpire who had to know that the call would get him chewed on. This is actually an incidence where Umpire integrity and correctness is on display.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:19pmWhile I was reading this story I thought “6 hours? The ump just wanted to go home” but when I saw the video and slow replay, the ump made a very good close call. The catcher made a phantom tag!! It could have gone either way but was by no means clearly an out. The catcher swiped through missing the runners body the entire way up and that was what the umpires look at. This was ALOT closer than it looked. The throw DID beat him by a mile, but the catcher left the door wide open with that swipe. He should have let the runner plow into him and there would have been no question.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:31pmagreed swampy.
Report Post »tketterer
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:38pmCorrect Call!!!!!!
Report Post »tgbobbyt
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:55pmThe guy running to first ate it!!! (watch the replay)
Report Post »NRAmedic23
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:18pmI watched both videos proved here by the Blaze several times each. I paused each as the tag was “made”. With slow motion replay and pausing, only 1 view appears like he was tagged, the view from centerfield. The other views look like it was a missed sweep tag. Cameras are deceiving. In the second video the “expert” announcer says he was tagged twice, in the knee and arm. He was CLEARLY never tagged in the arm so I guess the “expert” was wrong attention2detail. This guy appears to have made the correct call, at real-time speed, with the naked eye. When slow-motion replay from several angles is not definitive, I give the umpire the benefit of the doubt. Those saying the umpire was paid off, you are just clueless about everything! I am sure someone said “I will give you money should the Braves get a runner at third in the 19th and there is a groundball play at the plate, call him safe regardless. I am sure the “pay-off” was way lucrative than a job in MLB umpiring. Idiots!
Report Post »Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:22pmI’ve watched and played baseball all my life and what I see is a catcher making a lazy tag..and got caught..He may have grazed his knee but I bet the announcers will go home and look at this a couple of time and find that ya just can’t swipe your glove across and be given the out..You have to put the tag on the guy..The catcher looked more concerned about poppin up and checking the other runners….Too bad, but the ump was more right than wrong here..There are many phantom tags at second and first basemen pullin off early..This is just one that the ump didn’t allow..The catcher will learn from this..
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:40pm@Randy,
…or better yet. Send him to Washington DC with Obama. Same rules there.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 3:27pmMeals wanted to go home so he ended the game.
Report Post »Eaglesnest
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 3:33pmI agree also
Report Post »dnnyshdy
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 8:13pmFrom those views you couldn’t tell if he tagged him or not.Just because the ball got there in time doesn’t mean he made the tag.I would have to see a better angle.Umpires do make alot of bad calls though.
Report Post »FlamingFartSyndrome
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 8:16pmAnother reason why sports like baseball basketball etc are entertainment, sports like football where everything is done by the rule book is a real sport.
Report Post »Alaren
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 8:46pmFor those who say the tag was missed you really need to learn how to watch for more than just depth perception. IF you watch the runner’s pant legs you can see them move in the exact same way they would have had the catcher tagged him. After watching the clips, reading the posts and thinking that maybe I missed something I went back and rewatched them paying attention to that one specific aspect that would confirm it for me. For those who don’t think that there should be instant replay I say go to a rule where reviews are carried out from an upstairs umpire…after all, I don’t think any of us want another missed perfect game like last season.
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:12amGive that ump a medal for ending that boring ass game!!
Report Post »expatinontariocanada
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:39pmTo quote the great Bob Uechre, “He missed the tag, he missed the tag!” Of course Bob was in a Miller Lite commercial, if memory serves, and was sitting in the outfield upper deck, last row, furtherest point from the plate. But if Bob was sitting in that very seat during this game and said that, I’d say he was right. The catcher tagged AIR!
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:09amThe umpire made the right call…that is why in little league they teach us to tag the bag, not the man. The catcher swung his glove through and never made contact with the runner…runner safe, game over.
Report Post »sacklunch
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:58amNot a force out. He had to tag the runner.
Report Post »JJCon
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:00amThen they taught you wrong in little league. Tagging the plate without a force play does nothing.
Report Post »Attention2Detail
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:30amTagging the plate would have made the call much easier. The runner would have been safe because this was not a force play. Go back to Little League, which is where this umpire should be. Even the commentators (who are experts) said this was a bad call, and anyone who has eyes and knows anything about baseball knows it was a bad call.
Report Post »Scaz
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:33amYour right! If you watch close, the catcher never actually tags the runner. No force out, so tagging the plate does nothing.
Good call Ump!
Report Post »Deathfromabove
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:37amtagged the runner on the leg the umpire is blind
Report Post »Hemispheres
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:49pmWow, you “repliers” sure missed what Brad was saying and he is right. He is not talking of making a force out. He is talking about the right way to tag someone so this doesn’t happen. Put the tag down, don’t reach. The catcher failed to do this and it cost him. He could easily have made a correct tag that would have nailed the runner but he decided to reach and swipe at him.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:59pmI have to say I watched the video from different angles several times. I could not see the catcher’s glove deflect from touching the runner. It appeared the glove swept close by the runner without contact. Hard to call with 100% certainty.
Report Post »jayjayson
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:11pmI think the most inportant thing here is that the Catcher is in the wrong place to make a clear play. He should be blocking the plate more. It didn’t help him that he missed the tag. If you run the video very slowly, you can read what the Ump is saying to the coach. He says a few times that the tag was missed. Add to that the fact that the coach started cussing at him, I think the asst. coach of Pirates should be happy he didn’t get kicked out of the game. I was looking at the rules and if he was kicked out for touching the ump, which he did, both he and the head coach would miss at least one additional game.
Report Post »TNBULLDAWG
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:09amThat’s A perfect example of why they need instant replay in baseball.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:20amIt’s slow enough as it is, I can agree with instant replay in the post season but, not regular season. That call, good or bad, won‘t effect either team’s chances over the course of an entire season and the officials in baseball are good, they don’t miss many. Let it go, it’s not the end of the world for the Pirates.
Report Post »Hemispheres
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:57pmTerrible idea for baseball. Lets slow it down even more and take some more of the charm out of it?! It is an anachronistic sport and should stay that way. I think the ump got it right but even if he did not, that is part of baseball.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:22pmThey dont need replay. The ump made the right call. The catcher swept through and missed the runner. Game over, bro–and Im not a Braves fan.
Report Post »NRAmedic23
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:22pmAgreed! Make it like football. You get 2 challenges. If you are correct, you keep the challenges. If you are incorrect, and you are at bat, you lose an out. If you are in the field, the team at bat gets an intentional walk
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:03amThe ump is blind!
Report Post »OLDBIKEFIXER
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:10amThis is why there should be “instant replay” in baseball, the same as in the NFL.
Report Post »jayjayson
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:14pmyou didn’t watch the video. The tag was missed. it looked like the only touch between the runner and catcher was arm to arm contact, so no out.
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:02amThis is what happens with little to no integrity left in our society–it all starts to brake down. Shame on this umpire.
Report Post »WhatsYerProblem
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:39amSeriously!!!??? It’s baseball, dude.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:24pmOn the contrary… the Ump made a VERY tough call and did it right. He watched the catcher’s tag all the way through—which missed—and made a tough call in the 19th inning. You hate to have a game end on your call but that’s the way it goes sometimes. He made a tough call but the right one. THAT’s integrity.
Report Post »Volsense
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:00amIf major league baseball allows this to stand, then they are as corrupt and incompetent as the buffoons in D.C.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:34pmThey will let it stand. I can tell you they will NEVER reverse that call no matter how wrong it was. Remember the perfect game call? If they won’t reverse that, they sure won’t reverse this…
Report Post »tketterer
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:41pmNo need to reverse the correct call. He missed the tag plain as day.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:55amAs they say in the ball game, the umpire makes the call; and the call is what it is, no matter how wrong it is shown to be.
Report Post »Bloody Sam
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:05amThe ump made the right call. The glove never touched the runner. The ump had the best position to make the call.
Report Post »OLDBIKEFIXER
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:08amThe idiot umpire was probably getting tired of being there after 19 innings, so he decided to end the game by calling “safe” at home plate… before the runner was even close to the plate! The guy was at least 2 feet away from the plate when the call was made, and even after the call, I don’t think he actually touched the plate.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are finally playing great baseball this year, after almost 2 decades of disappointing seasons. I guess the baseball umpires have been taking advice from the NFL officials, and have decided to make bad calls against one more Pittsburgh sports team in order to keep them from winning. However, I have faith that the Pirates will be able to overcome anything that could prevent them from having a winning season!
GO PIRATES!!!
Report Post »JoeBtfsplk
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:16amNo visual proof! It appears likely that the catcher missed the tag.
Report Post »There was NOT one view from the Umpire’s viewpoint. Install underground cameras around home plate and have helicopters hovering during the game directly over home plate, get the umpires helmet cams – get the catcher a helmet cam while you’re at it also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sWampy
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:35amIt sure looked to me like the catcher got his leg, then held the glove up to show the umpire that he had the ball, had he missed, he would have been scrambling to touch the guy. The body language of the runner also showed he had been touched, he made no effort to touch the bag until he noticed the play had been called safe. Either way he’s safe, that’s what the ump called it and none of the other umps were sure enough to over rule him, but flat out saying the ump made a good or bad call form the is disingenuous at best.
Report Post »RocktheCasbah
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:00amAgree.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:35pmOLDBIKE…. watch it again. Lugo touches the plate on the stutter step as he is standing up (right foot, directly in front of the ump) and immediately after the ump calls him safe. The umpire followed the swipe tag all the way through and when there was no contact he then shifted his focus on the runners foot which touched home plate. Watch the replays.
Report Post »Howshopeychangeyworking4you
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 6:01pmIt is what it is now. But the ump was not in perfect position, he should have been up the line to the left a bit to see a tag not behind both players. And tagging the base would have done absolutely nothing, the bases were not loaded. It was not a force out. I do agree the catcher was not in the best position to make the tag but if you watch the runner you know he was touched by the catcher, The reaction he had was of disappointment until he realized the ump called him safe. The angles of the replays were also in bad position just as the ump was in bad position.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 7:48pmHowshopeychangeyworking4you,
Report Post »My thoughts spot on, I caught from age 7 through jr college ball, have umpired on an off for most of my life, from buddy ball through Jr college games, and have photographed thousands of games from t-ball through major league games professionally, and both the players reacted like the ump got it wrong. IF the catcher had missed the tag, no matter how good of an actor he was there would have been a hitch where he tried automatically tried come back and touch him before he realized it was to late and started his act. The catcher in that situation can’t tell if he has the ball in his glove for sure, which is why he shows it to the ump, but there is no way in hell he can’t feel even the lightest bump on his glove.
biohazard23
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:52amThere have been a lot of bad calls lately, like when Scutaro threw his bat out of frustration during the Red Sux vs Rays game a couple of weekends ago. Threw it right in front of the ump and it landed several yards away at Shoppach’s feet. Not one of the officials called it. Ray Charles could have seen it, but the ump didn’t. Please…..
Report Post »Havok
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:08amRed SUX????
Report Post »What are you a Yankee fan???
biohazard23
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:42amOh, good Lord NO!! I’m a Rays fan. I dislike Boston but I HATE the Spankees. When Boston is playing NY, I’ll cheer for Boston – just not out loud. :)
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:32pmWhy would you cheer for any team other than your own? Mark of a lame fan.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:39pmI guess you don’t have any friends who support other teams. Pity. You should really consider getting a few.
It’s a sport, not life and death. Get over yourself already. People who take a game and who one supports WAY TOO SERIOUSLY need to relax. Jeez. You’re probably a Spankees fan, too, bless your little heart…….
Report Post »ofallon
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:46amI think fatigue got the better of Ump Meals.
Report Post »kwhobbies
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:46amSorry guys, I’ve watched it over and over again and the guy simply did not tag him with his glove. It only counts if the catcher makes contact with the glove hand and I didn’t see it. I think the umpire was correct on his call and I’m no Braves fan. If he would have made contact I would have seen some deflection of the glove in the arch of his hand… there was none.
Report Post »Realman30
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:04amI saw it the way you and the umpire. The catcher never tagged the runner.
Good call by the umpire.
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:13amI’m with ya guys…they have to tag the man for it to count and it just didn’t happen. What’s next, traveling in basketball will be legal? Oh…nevermind, the game is the same as it “used” to be, you’re right! ;-)
Report Post »1proudAmerican
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:20amAre you watching the same vidoe? Even Lugo thought he was out.
Report Post »Deathfromabove
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:42amHe tagged him on his leg. so go look again
Report Post »SCTiger
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:58amIt appears to me the catcher missed on the swipe. And Lugo’s right foot landed on home plate when he stood up from his slide. Safe.
Report Post »Zwolle
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:23pmI agree. Last view makes it clear. Catcher just missed him. Shouldn’t have, but he did.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:31pmLugo thought he was out because the throw beat him by a mile, like the announcer said. The only problem is, the catcher didn’t do a very good job applying the tag. IF he tagged him on Lugo’s right leg, it was a slight graze that could have easily been viewed as a miss–which it was. Instead of a swiping tag how about let Lugo run into you. There would have been no question, but the catcher didn’t want to take the contact and wussed out. The play was a lot closer than you people think. It certainly was not “an automatic out”.
Report Post »KeithOlbermann
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:45amI hate to say it but the guy was safe. I watched it over and over and the catcher missed the tag. The ball clearly beats the runner to the plate but the tag was never made. The ump got it right.
Report Post »Jimbo
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:43amI am sorry but if you blow up the play, he really did miss the tag. You can see space between the glove and the player. I am sure that it was clear to the Ump. Good Call regardless of what the media says.
Report Post »Justice_Man99
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:52amYou are right, it was a phantom tag. When you hear the Pirates announcer scream that “the ball beat him”, then you know something is up. They are trying to feminize MLB because the Giants catcher got hurt on a Home Plate Collision (which was a clean hit, you block the Plate, you PAY).
The tag never happened and the cursed Pirates lose again!
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:02amThe announcers were getting overtime pay, of course they wanted the game to go on.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:34pmYou two are as blind as the Ump…
Report Post »Hemingway in Cuba
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:43amHe was called out even before he touched the base. Out.
Report Post »Hemingway in Cuba
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:53amCalled safe rather. Man, umping is hard.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:40pmAre you watching the replay?? The right foot touched home plate on the stutter step as he was standing up BEFORE the safe call was made.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:44pmWatch the bottom video. At 2:03 Lugo touches home plate with his ENTIRE right foot and then the ump signals safe. It’s clear as day.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:00pmthe top video
Report Post »crapgame
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:43amHellen Keller could have seen that tag, Meals, just wanted to go home and gave a typical dem, lib union response. He looked out, I didnt see a tag, its past My bed time good night!
Report Post »Jimbo
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:38amI agree with the call, simply the Ump was tired and new the Braves would win sooner or later so why not end it sooner. Go Braves!!!. lol
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:45amThen why not just fix the game in advance so no one gets hurt. In fact, why play at all if the umps does this? He should be suspended.
Report Post »hamiltonsfolly
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:35amI think he missed the tag. The tip of the glove never flexed when it should have hit the knee.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:33am.
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V-MAN MACE
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:33amAbsolutely ridiculous.
Is this illegal?
Report Post »SmokinBugsy
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:33amBoy Vegas will be pissed! What a crappy way to end the game!
Report Post »swalt
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:32amMLB needs to look at this one very closely and then fire the incompetent fool.
Report Post »WhatsYerProblem
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:42amThe catcher?
Report Post »jayjayson
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:26pmI think firing the catcher because he wussed out a bit is harsh. If the catcher had been at the right place, it would have been an easy out. However he was at least a foot to far in front of the plate. Not the best place to make that play. Before everyone starts yelling at me, I play catcher for 12 years, never made out of college, and have coached little league for 14 seasons. I always teach the catcher that their left foot should be in a place to block the plate. This catcher was not close enough to block the plate.
Report Post »Havok
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:31amwow.
Report Post »sharkster
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:31amI’m sorry but is it just me, I didn’t see the guy touch his knee with the glove. I watched it over and over and I don’t think the guys glove actually ever touched him so I agree I think he was safe. Look at it again and see if his glove actually touches his knee, it just swept right by it in the air
Report Post »mtonepa
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:43amI agree. It looks to me like he never touched him. OR it was so minor that the ump made that call correctly based on what he saw in that split second, umps often don’t see things correctly with these very close calls and they call it like they see it. I am on the UMPs side with this one. YOURRRRRRR OUT!
jakartaman
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:27amThis is the “DONALD”
Ump – Your fired!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:25amThe Umpire was probably afraid of getting labeled a racist if he called it as it actually happened. That‘s why I don’t watch sports anymore, it’s much too clouded, and that makes it no fun.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:25am.
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