On what would have been the last out of the 1963 World Series, with the Yankees trailing the Dodgers 2-1 in the 9th, Tom Gorman, with one of those immediate calls, banged Bobby Richardson out on a force at 2B, even though Richardson's slide had beaten Maury Wills's in-the-dirt throw and Dick Tracewski had never come up with the ball in the first place.
After Gorman saw the ball rolling away from 2B, he reversed his call to safe.
Though the highlight narrator ignored the issue, it's interesting to see Richardson clearly hold his palms out toward Gorman as if to say, "What in the world are you calling?"
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