[UMP25]

Originally Posted by David B

Good job of baseball by the runner. Umpire had to make the call based on obstruction. The replay I saw on ESPN didn't show everything, but the fielder was in his way so obstruction.

The manager said he did it intentionally, "DUH" that's what he's supposed to do.

Thansk
David

Well, you might want to change your tune. Both Eddings and MLB admitted the call was incorrect:

MLB official reveals obstruction call incorrect
By Mark Gonzales, 9:35 p.m.

BOSTON -- It turns out Tampa Bay had a legitimate gripe about Sunday's obstruction call against third baseman Willy Aybar that helped the the White Sox to a 5-4 victory.

Mike Port, Major League Baseball's vice president of umpiring, Thursday told the St. Petersburg Times that it was "a missed call" that led to the Sox's A.J. Pierzynski reaching third base and eventually scoring the winning run.

Port said umpire Doug Eddings believed he saw Pierzynski "impeded more than he was" by Aybar, who was chasing Pierzynski in a rundown.

"Looking back at that occurrence, for the first and last time, it was a missed call," Port said told the Times. "And it was not because Doug Eddings, an umpire with 10 years experience, and 10 before that in the minor leagues, didn't know the application of the rule, but just that in the moment in applying the rule, he saw something he thought was more than it turned out to be."

Eddings was "the first to admit" he missed the call and told MLB officials after reviewing replays, Port told the Times.