I hate it when games end with lame stuf like this play. It would have been way better to have a clean uncontroversial win, because the Sox will always be blamed.
But they did nothing wrong, it was a heads up play by AJ. He said after the game he got caught on the exact same thing with the Giants. He didn't hear the word OUT.
Who did screw up?
1) Josh. Rookie play. Any vetran catcher should tag in that situation.
2) The Ump. In his defense, he could not see the camera angle shown in the pictures of this thread. He signaled no contact, then he signaled Strike, but he did not CLEARLY signal OUT, nor (from reports) did he say OUT.
He most certainly did.