We was robbed!! Sox 2 Angels 1

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[navysealdad]

Game 2 of the ACLS left Chicago celebrating a 2-1 victory. Controversial strikeout didn't end the ninth..

[hole_n_one]

What is the moron behind the plate indicating?...........

[Steven W.]

It's easy to tell on these kinds of plays because you see the dirt & dust rising up (even if just a little) when the ball hits the dirt. There wasn't any because the glove was inbetween. The ump called him out and then seemed to back off for some peculiar reason.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Say, regardless of the ump's non-call of 'out', shouldn't the runner have been called out for running outside of the baseline?

Oh yeah, that's another rule that isn't enforced against the home team (witness that little rat weasel Lenny Dykstra running way out of the line to avoid the tag of Nolan Ryan late in the 1986 series that cost the Astros a win. But hey, I'm not still bitter or anything...)

[mitchbert]

I should add that I have no dog in this hunt. This Toronto boy can't root for the Yanks any more so it's all just good October to me, eh!

Unless of course I get to see the Rocket win the pennant. :-)

[SoCal Pubbie]

No, the fix was in on that one. That was intentional. This was incompetence.

[Lancey Howard]

The catcher's mistake was not routinely tagging the batter. Period.

Agreed. I would also be interested to know if that same catcher routinely rolls the ball toward the mound whenever an inning ends on a strikeout. I wonder if he nonchalantly rolled the ball toward the mound the way he did in order to say, "No, the ball didn't hit the ground", when in fact he knew it had.

[hole_n_one]

What's with the clenched fist at reply #81?

[Big Horn]

If the ump would be a government employee he would get a promotion and a salary raise.

[mrexitement]

I nominate you for dumbest non-troll post on FR this year.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

[Insert Jeopardy Theme]

[Prolifeconservative]

That graphic says it all right there!!!!

[SoCal Pubbie]

And it did not bounce. Plus, the casual way the up just let the play unfold was unbelievable.

[BurbankKarl]

That's the new SAFE!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Unbelievable.

[Al Simmons]

Ditto. I'm a Yankee fan too, and if they aren't in it, Houston is my #2 choice (because I loved visiting Houston when I lived in San Antonio, and because they've never won...plus I still love both Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite....)

[tallhappy]

Black Sox 2005.

It has happened.

Blame cheating Piersinski. Like a welfare cheat.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Strike.

[BlueMoose]

He could have tagged the runner to make sure.
I've seen the runner tagged on third strike a number of times.
Even when the ball was caught.
he could have made a throw to first.

[VA is for Freepers]

Here is the biggest lie... Ump said he always uses the fist raised motion for 3rd strike.... not true... I have Tivo... for those of you who recorded the game... go back to 3rd out of 8th Inning:

Konerco swing and misses for strike 3... umpire does the slash with his right hand indicating strike 3...

ball clearly hits dirt... Ump waits... Josh Paul tags Konerco out... then Ump points to Konerco lifts the fist and everyone leaves the field...

3rd out was not until Ump raised fist.

[Gone GF]

I can understand the ump making a mistake on whether the ball hit the dirt or not, but to call the guy out and then allow him on base...