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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by JugglingReferee
The Toronto Blue Jays had a triple play overturned this year.
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Care to provide details? I don't remember this. . . 
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I think it was June 5th, as an archived sports story I just read is dated June 6th.
It was against St. Louis and a fly ball was shorthopped by CF. The U2 signalled out, and the CF properly through the ball back to 2B, to where R2 was retreating. He was forced out and R1 was tagged out, near 2B.
Tony LaRusa naturally came out of the dugout and the call was eventually overturned. The result was that R2 -> R3, R1 -> R2, and BR -> R1.
TO played under protest for the remainder of the game. And justly so. However, slow-motion replay showed that the ball was *not* caught before hitting the ground, but it happened so fast and so close, the CF legitimately thought he caught the ballfor an out. The U2 had the same opinion and signalled an out.
Mike