Yankees @ Angels - Game 5 ALDS

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Originally posted by mcrowder
I hate the Yankees.... and I thought it was an awful call. It is generally accepted that since the bag is in the infield (and not in the lane), that the last step will have to come back into fair territory (out of the lane) to hit the bag. Cano was running essentially on the line (whatever previous poster said about hopping is absurd... watch it again - right foot IN the lane, left foot on the line, right foot on the right side of the line, left foot barely touching the line, right foot on the middle of the line... POP in the back, then left foot inside the lane, at the bag) and was hit right as his final step was taking him outside the lane. BAD call. But I was happy to see it. No tears for the Yank-Me's here.

Huh??? No human being is going to run with BOTH his feet on the line. It was obvious Cano was in fair territory, outside the line. Why is everyone only focusing on his reaching first base, too? If a B-R runs out of the running lane and hinders the defense's throw or receipt of said throw, it's interference. Odss decrease, of course, the worse the throw is to first, but in this scenario, that didn't come into play.

FWIW, I wanted the Yankees to win, but I believe West made the correct call.