The call was 100% wrong! Controversial in the least, and umps and refs should never decide games, especially big games. The guy was out at the plate. Boston got robbed. . . . besides which, the same ump all night long called pitches below the knees “strikes” for the SL pitchers, the opposite for the Sox. Bias in the extreme.
One way or the other, the Umpire was going to decide the game, even he ruled no obstruction, in a way he is still impacting the game.
It was a terrible call in my opinion. And the runner was outside of the baseline. He tripped over the upper part of his legs which were flat on the ground. A home field “advantage” call if there ever was one.
besides which, the same ump all night long called pitches below the knees “strikes” for the SL pitchers, the opposite for the Sox. Bias in the extreme.
The plate ump is not the one who made the obstruction call. Speaking of bias....
“The call was 100% wrong! Controversial in the least, and umps and refs should never decide games, especially big games. The guy was out at the plate. Boston got robbed. . . . besides which, the same ump all night long called pitches below the knees “strikes” for the SL pitchers, the opposite for the Sox. Bias in the extreme”
The ump that made the call was the third base umpire. He wasn’t calling balls and strikes.
The home base strike zone calls bothered me much more than the call at the end, which cannot be contested successfully. Salty throwing too late to 3rd and missing, or the obstruction call, either one, the result would have been the same. Nice game, Cards.
All you Boston fans out there with me know the Red Sox were down in the 2004 series 3-0 and still won it. This is an excellent WS matchup - and fun to watch, no matter who wins.