World Baseball Classic

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

Still, a brutal call, but I can't say I am disapointed with it. As the sister says, it makes up for the bad call the Americans got to help them beat Japan - and it was the same ump in both cases.

I think the way it works is that it should have been called a homerun, not a double, so the Americans got another freebie from that hopeless ump

[evman150]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

Oh, there've been worse.

The kid in New York that interfered with a ball in play, in the playoffs, and the umps ruled it a home run, or instance.

Still, a brutal call, but I can't say I am disapointed with it. As the sister says, it makes up for the bad call the Americans got to help them beat Japan - and it was the same ump in both cases.

Jeffrey Maier. 1995 ALCS. Baltimore at New York. I forget which game it was. Tony Tarasco in right field. I remember it vividly.

That is not even close to as bad of a call. That was a bad call, but it was a tough one. When you're a couple hundred feet away from a play it is very difficult to see exactly what is going on right at the top of the fence. I can understand the umpire's error in that case.

In the game yesterday, the ball goes clang off the foul pole about 15-20 feet up and bounces back in play. It's black and white. Home run. It's mind boggling how that call was screwed up.

[habernac]

hands up, who picked a Cuba/Japan final? Gotta love it, only 2 major league players on the last two teams standing. No wonder the govt wanted to ban the Cubans. LOL!

[TheCommodoreAfro]

Originally Posted by habernac

hands up, who picked a Cuba/Japan final? Gotta love it, only 2 major league players on the last two teams standing. No wonder the govt wanted to ban the Cubans. LOL!

And Japan pulls it out 10-6. Some reasonably large celebrations here, as this makes up for an Olympics where Japan only picked up a single medal. Plus they're going to more than likely get creamed in the World Cup as they're in tough so something to celebrate for everyone here.

[Resolute 14]

Good thing the Japanese ultimately decided they did want to participate. Pretty damn good tournament all around. Certantly more interesting than a pile of meaningless exhibition games. Looking forward to the next one in 2009.