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Baseball

OAITW r.2.0

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7. So much wrong with the call.

Reply to Mersky (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 30, 2019, 12:31 AM

Oct 2019

On replay, the batter ran a route that is expected...the shortest distance to the base. His foot hit squarely on the middle of the bag....BUT....the ball was late and behind the runner. No way can it be interference if the runner is on the bag before the ball gets there. IMHO.

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Nats got screwed, then they unscrewed it. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 OP

Except it is not fixed, because it should have been a 3 run homer, and still one more batter RockRaven Oct 2019 #1

Go Nats! ⚾️ ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️ MLAA Oct 2019 #2

Why'd they take strassburg out? 3 batters left? Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2019 #3

2 batters left. stopbush Oct 2019 #5

That was sweet, especially after Dave Martinez was ejected Brother Buzz Oct 2019 #4

Meh, that was some interruptive BS Mersky Oct 2019 #6

So much wrong with the call. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #7

Yeah, don't like it. Mersky Oct 2019 #8

Honestly, haven't watched much of the Series. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #9

Oh, I'm looking forward to it Mersky Oct 2019 #12

Listened to Joe Torre on the radio TRYING to explain the situation ChubbyStar Oct 2019 #13

That call was wrong... period. honest.abe Oct 2019 #10

It was an egregious call melm00se Oct 2019 #16

Rendon drove in more runs in his last 2 at-bats ... Martin Eden Oct 2019 #11

He is a fucking STUD ChubbyStar Oct 2019 #14

He can play some defense, too! Martin Eden Oct 2019 #15

Very bad call. rownesheck Oct 2019 #17