Posted on 10/12/2005 8:24:45 PM PDT by navysealdad
Game 2 of the ACLS left Chicago celebrating a 2-1 victory. Controversial strikeout didn't end the ninth..
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tallhappy you're clueless and obviously don't have a clue about how baseball is played.
Every coach I know teaches their kids to run to first after every strike three pitch.
And you know what, sometimes it takes a half second to stick in your head to run to first.
I've had kids do exactly the same thing. They react to the strike three, (which was called), and then realize the ball hit the ground and run to first.
And I've had catchers throw the ball to the third baseman, or the pitcher and the ump has not called out yet.
Black sox my eye. The Angels catcher made a HUGE MISTAKE, and he screwed up by not listening to the call. he never called him out.
Case closed, go WHINE somewhere else....
You were robbed? What about my Braves?
Pathetic...I dont remember the last time the Angels played an inning to 4 outs.
The guy called three outs.
Well, a third strike, right on the ground, in the 9th, 2 outs, in the playoffs, with the game on the line, yes, that is what to do. Letter high in the 5th in June is another matter, perhaps.
Look again - the ball is hitting the tip of the mitt (on the top) and then rolling up into the webbing, just like a catcher's mitt is designed to do. The ball did not touch the dirt.
Your mind is bouncing, LOL. We are reading what all the sports critics are saying now, and nearly all agree, the damn ball was obviously caught.
The umpire was the game!
HA!
That is true, regardless.
he never called him out
That is not true - the ump totally rung him up - twice even!
Chicago was always corrupt.
Just another reason to run out the play, in my book. What we don't know is what was said on the field. If I'm the batter and I don't hear the umpire call me out, you bet I'm hightailing it to first base and I'm waiting for someone to call me out.
The rules say the batter has the option to run to first base until he actually reaches the dugout steps on his way back to the bench. So Pierzynski was absolutely within his rights to run.
I was addressing the issue of cheating that some people have brought up. The quality of the umpire's call is something else again. The Angels could have prevented any controversy by simply finishing the play.
And BTW, I don't have a dog in this fight. I'm a Twins fan so I certainly have no love for the White Sox.
But Paul has already rolled the ball back to the mound before the ump made the fist motion. I am rooting for the Sox, but the Ump made the wrong call. However, the Angels made the mistake of not finishing the play.
same mechanics... but he waited until after the tag was applied...
Thanks for the info !
Oh so now it's about the umpires and not the White Sox....
You guys want it both ways, you try to blame the WHite Sox when it was the Umpire calls and drag out ignorant comments about the black sox.
In this situation, any baseball purist or person with half a brain would realize the White Sox player is the only one without any blame here.
NOT HEARING THE WORD OUT, and after strike three being called, he runs to first base knowing it was possibly a dropped third strike.
Blame the umpires all you want and present evidence, but you can't possibly blame the white sox for this.
SOme here need to grow up and realize there was still baseball to be played.
You also need to acknowledge the other mistakes the Angels made in that inning CAUSING their loss.
1) Ball kept in catchers glove on stolen 2nd base.
2) bad pitch selection on 0-2 count to Crede that he rocked to the corner for the game winning RBI.
Face it, The Angles Lost this.
Bring on Game Three.
The Ump is clearly a Judical Activist.
Even the Chicago Tribune's poll says the umpires blew it.
Not really. After the third out is made and called the players all leave the field.
The batter in this play himself had done it. He started to his dugout the other way.
The whole thing in ludicrous. He would be out for running outside the base line if this really were a dropped third strike.
Due to a bad call.
>>>Face it, The Angles Lost this.
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