[Manny A]

This was nothing more than a missed call on a wacker. It happens weekly, probably even daily, in MLB play. This one just happened to be a game-ending call that would have tied the score if it went the other way. If it had happened in the fourth inning, it wouldn't have caused a ripple in the press.

Of course, nobody talks about other parts of the game that had just as much bearing, if not more so, on its outcome. The Yankees had runners of first and second with one out in the sixth, and then Martin and Granderson both strike out. In the eighth, Granderson popped out with runners at first and third to end the inning. Sabathia gave up three home runs, including back-to-back shots that let the Orioles tie the game early. And why let Swisher, who is mired in a slump, bat with the bases loaded and no outs in that ninth inning?

One call may be the difference between the Yankees making the post-season or not? Puhleeze. How about focusing on the real issues with NY as they let a ten-game lead in late July disappear? How many of those games have they lost to missed calls?

Texeira, like nearly every other player in pinstripes, gets paid an obscene amount of money to come through in situations like this with an extra-base hit, not a weak grounder that he has to leg out to prevent a DP. He should be mad at himself, not the umpire, for his failure to deliver.