I’ll bet Matt Holliday is taking a commercial flight home tonight. I wouldn’t want to be in a captive environment after that debacle. I was surprised to hear that he only had one error all season up to that point - in Colorado he was terrible. He was regularly replaced with a defensive player late in ballgames.
Hey, bitch, welcome to Coors Field where the gametime temperature Saturday is going to be about 29°.
Seriously, we may see a game cancelled for cold. They can play Sunday afternoon (high 46°) and Monday (56°) afternoon and be back in Philly by late evening. Not that that trip is going to be necessary.
The Twits should have sent the runner. Make them make the play. It requires a strong throw on base ,the catcher to come up with it and make a tag while holding on to the ball. It is nice to have bases loaded with nobody put, but 1 run could have won it. Then they turned into the Tigers and did not score.
Twins didn’t deserve the win by leaving 17 on base, but the Yankees don’t need any more help, and they got it with possibly the most horrendous call I’ve ever seen in the MLB postseason. Calling a fair ball (by a foot!) foul, while staring right at it, and costing the Twins a sure run in the process. Inexcusable.
Well, he had a good ALDS before his disastrous post season streak started, but I’m happy to see him hitting big in big situations.
As for the horrendously bad call - I don’t think the ump was blocked. He was down low looking right at it and screwed up big time. But it wasn’t “a foot”. It was about 2-3 inches off the line (though I’m sure we’ll see some high def photos or screen caps soon to prove me wrong).
At the risk of stating the obvious, those at-bats would have been totally different if the correct call was made. They could have been outs, walks, or even home runs for all we know.
It was a terrible call, but in terms of impact it wasn’t that bad.
The Twins ended up in just about the best possible situation. Even with the correct call, the Yankees could have just walked the bases loaded if they wanted.
Bases loaded with no outs is the situation you hope for. It is better than runner on second with no outs.
Easily the worst playoff call I’ve seen since Eric Gregg’s “umpiring” in the 1997 NLCS. It was even worse than the Jeffrey Maier call, which at least was a weird play.
That was a hell of a game from start to finish, with Cabrera saving the Yankees a run in the fourth by picking Gomez off when he overran second base. Nothing you can say about Rodriguez. He’s been excellent this series and he was enormous tonight. Those home runs are why I watch sports. My girlfriend was in the shower when Rodriguez hit the home run and I think I scared the crap out of her. Then the extra innings held up our dinner plans by about an hour, Robertson had a clutch inning, and then Teixeira brought it all home. That was fantastic.
The Mauer call was totally botched, no question. Even before the replay you could see that ball was fair, and it probably hit Cabrera’s glove on the way down, too. There’s no way to know what would have happened, but in the end I think it came out in the wash: if he’d hit a double, Kubel would probably have been walked to set up the double play. Instead he hit a single and Mauer moved to second.
An article in the paper this morning said it could be down to 18 by the end of the game. I’m sorry for the umps; they don’t get to go sit in the dugout next to a space heater.
To their credit, the umpire crew admitted they blew the call. Not that it helps the Twins any. Either way, they wound up with bases loaded and no outs and didn’t get a run in. That was a great escape job by Robertson.
One more thing… I know it’s worked out so far, but I think Girardi is over-managing this series. I know he has the schedule in his favor in regards to the bullpen, but he’s “LaRussa-ing” it a little much. His primary bullpen guys are better than just situational relievers. He could have left Chamberlain, Coke or Hughes in longer than he did (well, maybe not Hughes) last night. It may not hurt them, but I was getting frustrated watching it.
