nsentv Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 With ESPN obsessing over Jeremy Maier recently, what's the absolute worst call you've ever seen in a baseball game? For me, it would have to be the Maier incident, even though I didn't see it live. That call was atrocious.(Cardinals/Royals Game 6 was before my time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 The botched triple play call in the 92 world series was pretty awful (coincidentally it was the same umpire who blew every call when Team USA was playing in the WBC) --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Heres something Jeffrey Maier is a pretty good D3 Player he could end up being drafted make it up to the majors and have a fan do the same thing to him. That would be wild. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nation Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 How about todays decision @ US Cingular to make the game official. Sox 6 Jays 4!! A lot of baseball to be played!!!Hate it when rain delays go against you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 1991 World Series, when Kent Hrbek grabbed Ron Gant, carried him off the base, and Ron Gant was ruled out when Hrbek tagged him afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 How about todays decision @ US Cingular to make the game official. Sox 6 Jays 4!! A lot of baseball to be played!!!Hate it when rain delays go against you! What's really messed up is that they had no business playing that game in the top of the 5th inning... as soon as the third out in the top of the 5th was made the game was called... lame --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacker12 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Denkinger's call was pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 How about todays decision @ US Cingular to make the game official. Sox 6 Jays 4!! A lot of baseball to be played!!!Hate it when rain delays go against you! What's really messed up is that they had no business playing that game in the top of the 5th inning... as soon as the third out in the top of the 5th was made the game was called... lame More evidence that MLB doesnt want Canadian teams to suceed! First in 1994, now ending the game in the middle of a huge comeback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaltimoreFan Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 No Question it was the Jeffrey Maier play. I remember watching the game and I could tell he reached over the fence as soon as it happened. They even showed the replay from the stupid ump's view and it was even easier to see that he reached over the fence. That call probably cost the O's a trip to the World Series. It would have been huge to go into Camden Yards with a 2-0 lead on the yanks. I have heard that he may get drafted. If any team does draft him I hope it is the O's. That way we could ruin his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockchalk Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 How about todays decision @ US Cingular to make the game official. Sox 6 Jays 4!! A lot of baseball to be played!!!Hate it when rain delays go against you! What's really messed up is that they had no business playing that game in the top of the 5th inning... as soon as the third out in the top of the 5th was made the game was called... lame I will say that's something you rarely see in the Majors anymore, but correct me if I'm wrong, isn't this the Jays only trip to Chicago this year? If so, it's probably the proper thing to do (unless in September the Jays are 1.5 back of the Sawx and Yanks) I've decided to give up hope for all sports teams I follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 How about todays decision @ US Cingular to make the game official. Sox 6 Jays 4!! A lot of baseball to be played!!!Hate it when rain delays go against you! What's really messed up is that they had no business playing that game in the top of the 5th inning... as soon as the third out in the top of the 5th was made the game was called... lame I will say that's something you rarely see in the Majors anymore, but correct me if I'm wrong, isn't this the Jays only trip to Chicago this year? If so, it's probably the proper thing to do (unless in September the Jays are 1.5 back of the Sawx and Yanks) It's never the proper thing to do... umpires shouldn't be looking at the schedule to determine if the weather is safe enough to play in.If the game must be replayed in October for playoff purposes, so be it... if they have to hold a double header in Toronto instead of Chicago, so be it --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I'm still bitter about the whole A.J. Pierzynski running after the 3rd strike thing, so I'll go with that. Not to mention Pierzynski's obvious catcher interference that went uncalled, not that Steve "I couldn't bat over .222 last year" Finley would've actually hit that ball anyways.The Maier call was pretty ridiculous though. Maybe Tony tarrasco should've jumped a bit higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac6674 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 As an Oriole fan, the Maier call is definitely up there. I vaguely remember the 85 series, and replays show it wasn't even close, but the worst call I remember is pretty obscure for a world series. In 98, Tino Martinez took strike 3 right down the middle from Mark Langston and somehow it was called a ball. The next pitch was a grand slam. Man, I hate the Yankees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProvidenceRI Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadesofblack Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 how bout the call from a few years ago to call the All Star game a tie....a tie?...im baseball now a days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 If you can count the same person out twice, we had four outs that inning. Devon White caught the ball, Terry Pendleton was on first and Deion Sanders on second. White caught the ball and Pendleton overlapped Sanders so that's one out.Devon threw the ball to first and got Pendleton again and then the throw to me at third from Olerud and I tagged out Deion for the fourth out.I probably should have thrown the ball to Manny Lee, but everytime you throw there is a chance that you'll throw it away or hit somebody, so I took matters into my own hands and it was probably a closer call that way. --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Don Denkinger 1985 World Series. Cost the Cardinals a title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Looks like Offerman is out of the baseline. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 I once played in a game where our guy was sliding into third, and the throw came in high from center field. The third baseman caught the ball up high away from the runner, and made no attempt to tag him as he slid. There was no force on the play either, but the ump call our guy out anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 There's been tons of really obvious really bad calls during the regular season. I've said at least a couple of times in regards to plays during Cards game (calls that go both ways) that a call was worse than the Denkinger play if not for the stage the Denkinger call was on.My vote goes to the Denkinger play simply because of the level it was on. Trust me, I understand the Cards should have kept cool and won that thing anyways, but regardless, that call was probably what changed the series from a Cards win to a Royals win. I still don't know that I can blame it on Denkinger, but he initiated it. JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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