Yanks-O's Saturday/Game Ender

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by aceholleran

I must admit that I DO enjoy the whines of the Evil Empre and its minions.

Hold onto your socks while you read this ultimate Yankee apologist; he's looking to hang the entire NYY collapse on this one call. Rarely have I seen such an absurd, illogical premise by a sportswriter.

D'Alessandro: If the Yankees lose the pennant by a game, an umpire's call will be the reason why | NJ.com

Ace in PA

My favorite is the assumption that the Yankees would have scored 2 more runs had Tex been ruled safe. It's still entirely likely that they'd have lost this game even if the right call had been made.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

My favorite is the assumption that the Yankees would have scored 2 more runs had Tex been ruled safe. It's still entirely likely that they'd have lost this game even if the right call had been made.

Check your math. If Tex was safe the game was tied.

[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.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Manny A

on a wacker. .

It wasn't that close

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Check your math. If Tex was safe the game was tied.

I think you know what I meant though... this play, if ruled correctly, didn't win them the game. They didn't just need the run scored on this play, they needed another.