The AL East is tied, and the wild card is tied three ways. Naturally, the umps have chosen tonight to mail it in.
First, Bernie Williams was called out at the plate in the 7th inning, despite clearly sliding through Javy Lopez' five-hole before the tag. Great play by Bernie... the fact that he actually trucked it home before the throw at age 52 is reason enough to give him the call. But no. If I were Bernie, I'd smack the ump with my classical guitar. A few minutes later, and a few states north, Tony "The Traitor" Graffanino got gunned down, trying to stretch a single into a double, by Vernon Wells. The magical part is that he was called out without being tagged! Not even close. The Traitor's back was turned towards the umpire, blocking the view that everyone else had of Toronto's 2B totally missing him. Apparently MLB umpires have done away with the formality of actually tagging the player.
The only silver lining is that we conspiracy theorists can't blame it all on umpiring... it's been consistently and evenly atrocious.
First, Bernie Williams was called out at the plate in the 7th inning, despite clearly sliding through Javy Lopez' five-hole before the tag. Great play by Bernie... the fact that he actually trucked it home before the throw at age 52 is reason enough to give him the call. But no. If I were Bernie, I'd smack the ump with my classical guitar. A few minutes later, and a few states north, Tony "The Traitor" Graffanino got gunned down, trying to stretch a single into a double, by Vernon Wells. The magical part is that he was called out without being tagged! Not even close. The Traitor's back was turned towards the umpire, blocking the view that everyone else had of Toronto's 2B totally missing him. Apparently MLB umpires have done away with the formality of actually tagging the player.
The only silver lining is that we conspiracy theorists can't blame it all on umpiring... it's been consistently and evenly atrocious.
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