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Originally Posted by Larry1953
The following is from a Philly report on the game:
Brown says gaffe cost Phillies in extra-inning loss
“I did not,” Brown said when asked if he touched the base. “I just got to go back and take the double. I don’t know what I was thinking about there – too aggressive, I guess. Right there it cost us the game. You live and learn. That’s all I can say.”
Again, it was far from a terrible call. It turns out the runner confirmed it was the right call. The umpire looked to be in perfect position to call it. Charley Manual handled his brief discussion with dignity as did the ump (?Charley Relliford?) and the game went on without all the show and bluster we usually get. Imagine that! |
"I was trying to go so fast, all I was thinking was getting to third," Brown said. "I might have touched it with my heel, but I couldn't tell. I think I missed it, though. It cost us the game."
He *did* touch it with his heel. It was a brutal call to make in that situation. You don't guess at a missed base and you certainly don't take the word of a player over a replay that clearly shows the heel hitting the back side of the base, regardless of what the homer announcers say. There is no "right" way to touch a base, either.
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The replay isn't here, either. The good replay was from the Phillies broadcast and they showed it over and over and over again. And because Danley was on the back side of the base and had to look over the base, he guessed at the miss. I don't get why anyone would choose the dirty end of that stick.