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Posted 10:44 PM by Tommy

Just in case you haven't seen it, here's the controversial play in last night's Angels-White Sox game:

See the video for "Pierzynski's K in ninth"

Regardless of whether the home plate umpire made the right call (he didn't), he can't gesture that the batter is out and then change his mind later.

Dan The Man does a great job of breaking this down further.

Of course, this wasn't the only reason the Angels lost. It just feels that way.

But now the hard part for the Angels will be getting over this. That's easier said than done, but manager Mike Scioscia has done a good job of taking the focus away from the controversy...

4 Comments:

BAD BAD CALL

Though I wanted the White Sox to win as an A's fan, as a fan of baseball that was just horrible. Bad way to end a game. Pierzynski pulled an "A-rod" and got away with it. I really hope that this isn't the "Tuck Rule" that loses it for the Angels.

For now,
Go 'Stros (Rootin for my Birthplace of Houston....on the bandwagon)

PS. I hate Pierzynski. He's such a bastard, especially when he was with the Twins!

i was watching sportscenter, and they were showing multiple clips where the umpire made that same gesture to call a strike. the first movement (where his arm is extended) was to say that the batter did not hit the ball. the second movement (the pump) was to call a strike. in any case, paul shouldn't have thrown the ball back because the umpire did not say the batter was out.

with all that being said, that umpire sucks.

it's not so much the fact that he went and did any particular motion as much as the fact that his non-chalant attitude made it appear that it was a routine strikeout.

if he really did believe the ball was trapped, he would point at the ground and say something like "no catch". he definitely would not make a gesture that looks like he's calling the guy out.

I was gonna mention the potential for this to be a tuck rule-esque type play for the Angels, but didn't wanna jinx em....but now that Ahan already brought it up, it'll be interesting to see how the series plays out.

at least these games are on Fox and not just ESPN. haha.