how is Mike Lowell still in this game?

[Kevin Finnerty]

I too was astonished.

Kellogg reached down and off the plate for the strike, so maybe he sat on his thumb for that reason. It was quite a dose Lowell gave him.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

I too was astonished.

Kellogg reached down and off the plate for the strike, so maybe he sat on his thumb for that reason. It was quite a dose Lowell gave him.

You are assuming that you can tell it was out of the zone on the tv camera...of course, you cannot.

Even if it was the worst call of his career, how could he put up with that kind of crapola?

[johnnyg08]

do we have a video clip of the incident yet?

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

do we have a video clip of the incident yet?

Nope, because Kellogg did not dump him.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Well, you could tell it was outside, and it sure looked low, too.

I know what you're saying, but that was a reach.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

Well, you could guess that it might have been outside, and it sure looked low, too.

I know what you're saying, but that might have been a reach...of course the camera angle on tv is not a very good one.

I edited that for you.

[GerryB]

Lowell's AB, from the Pitch f/x data, thanks to BrooksBaseball.net. Looks OK to me (#5 called strike three)

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

I edited that for you.

I just watched it two more times from both angles, including the ground level view, from which you could judge the height of the pitch, and it was about halfway down Lowell's shin, and off the plate.

The argument lasted 15 seconds almost exactly.