Look, Joyce missed the call, no doubt. No matter how the play developed, the call was a gross miss, at the worst possible time.
But the play was NOT routine. I watched numerous replays and the fact is that Cabrera really had no business fielding that ball. Watch the replay again, from the wide view, and you will see that he ranged so far to his right that he as IN FRONT OF the F4 when he fielded the ball. If F4 is playing up the middle then maybe he should get it. But F4 was perfectly positioned to make the play. Cabrera, being a MLB player, should of course be aware of this and should have let this develop into a routine play.
Now this in no way absolves Joyce from the call, but I don't think he misses this one if it's a routine grounder to F4. Doesn't make it right but I think the argument has merit.
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Originally Posted by jimpiano
Except, of course, the first baseman made a routine play to the pitcher and got the runner by a step.
I mean this argument is a frigging joke.
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