Did the MLB get replacements umps? Braves are getting robbed out there... I hate this one game playoff ish.
Infield fly 30 feet away from the infield? Give me a break.
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...and usually wouldnt argue for them but come'on man. This is B.S.
A bad call, for sure. I'm a grumpy Atlanta fan tonight. Wish we could go back to no wild card at all. I really hate to see any team that didn't win their division go all the way, even if it had been my team.
Read the rule, it was the right call by the strict letter of the regs.
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I feel your pain man.
This wild card round should be 3 games long, you mean to tell me that you play 162 games of reg season and you're good enough for the post season but then it's only 1 game win or go home? Stupid as hell IMO.
I was born with baseball in my blood young man... do you know what the infield fly rule is? It's a play designed to protect base runners from defensive (mainly infielders) players trying to get a double or triple play by purposely dropping a fly ball. This was clearly not the case here, it was a fielding error due to miscommunication of those two outfielders. On top of that it was called late.
A Mets fans angry over the Braves losing? 
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A Mets fans angry over the Braves losing?
lol...
I just hate it when a team gets screwed over like that, even if they were playing my team I would've said they got robbed and that it was unfair.
I know the rule gives some leeway and it is a judgment call. I didn't see it, but from the pictures I saw and what I read it seemed like a bad call. The rule says the call needs to be made immediately, not right before the ball hits the ground. Plus the whole it wasn't in the infield thing.
Even if it was technically within the written rule, it wasnt called in spirit of the rule. The ump was not protecting the runners at this point
Even if it was technically within the written rule, it wasnt called in spirit of the rule. The ump was not protecting the runners at this point
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Exactly!!! Even if the ump was late to excercise the rule (which he was) the aim of the rule is to protect the runners, not hurt them; this clearly hurt them because it was so far away to make a double play anyways AND it wasnt an intentional drop, it truly was an error.
They went from bases loaded and 1 out, to 2 outs and men on 2nd and 3rd. We'll never know what could've happened but bad calls in sports just irk the hell out of me.
Who cares, all that really matters is: O's win!!!!!!!
Lifelong cards fan here and I gotta admit that call puzzled the heck out of me. I've never seen an infield fly called that far into the outfield. Of course I liked the result, but I do have to agree the call was bad.
Ultimately though the braves lost that game themselves. 3 errors, a couple of missed fielding plays, dismal hitting with RISP, and a downright stupid squeeze bunt play (both the timing of the play itself and the fairly obvious choice by the runner to try to interfere). And let's not forget that despite the questionable call on the "infield fly" that was yet another example of a key hitting situation with the game on the line where the braves hit a lazy fly ball.
The Braves were a team that got to the postseason with great pitching and excellent defense. Unfortunately they didn't bring that with them. Medlen was good but not great, and the infield defense was atrocious. And they had ample opportunity to at least tie the game in each of the last three innings and only came up with a single run. The blown call hurt them but they lost the game due to their own actions, not those of the umps.
Ultimately though the braves lost that game themselves. 3 errors, a couple of missed fielding plays, dismal hitting with RISP, and a downright stupid squeeze bunt play (both the timing of the play itself and the fairly obvious choice by the runner to try to interfere). And let's not forget that despite the questionable call on the "infield fly" that was yet another example of a key hitting situation with the game on the line where the braves hit a lazy fly ball.
The Braves were a team that got to the postseason with great pitching and excellent defense. Unfortunately they didn't bring that with them. Medlen was good but not great, and the infield defense was atrocious. And they had ample opportunity to at least tie the game in each of the last three innings and only came up with a single run. The blown call hurt them but they lost the game due to their own actions, not those of the umps.
Exactly why I am so against a single game (and by design, no less) determining who advances. Every team has an uncharacteristic game occasionally in baseball. Atlanta is a better team than what they exhibited last night. These wildcard contests deserve at least an abbreviated two out of three series.
But there are lots of times that a team misses opportunities to score and finally comes through. The Braves were in a position to get one more chance to pull even with the Cardinals, and it was taken away from them by a blown umpiring call. That was the furthest out an infielder has ever been when the infield fly rule was invoked.
I'm a lifelong Braves fan and I thought it was a bad call. That being said, I thought it was worse when the fans started throwing trash on the field. I am really upset that Chipper Jones, a class act future HOF'er, has this as his last game. It was awful all the way around.
It was called late though. The infield fly call is supposed to be made immediately and it wasn't. The rule is a judgement call rule, but I think the umps used poor judgement.
Yes it was. Puts us right in the mix with some the European soccer hooligans that had no class. That said, I can't believe the Braves officials didn't give Chipper a portable mike and have him walk out to the mound and ask the fans to cease and desist. Now that would have been a great closing act for Chipper.
I'm pretty upset about this myself. I've always been proud that the Braves have by and large an amiable crowd of fans and felt pretty ashamed of that spectacle. I just tell myself it happened and can't un-happen, and as far as Chipper I guess he's seen it all before in all his years - hopefully he won't hold it against us.
By the rule, this play fell squarely into Infield Fly territory:
An INFIELD FLY is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive nor an attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, when first and second, or first, second and third bases are occupied, before two are out. The pitcher, catcher and any outfielder who stations himself in the infield on the play shall be considered infielders for the purpose of this rule.
You can make a case that the umpire signaled late, but the first clause "when it seems apparent" gives the umps an out - he was waiting to see if the infielder was using 'ordinay effort' to get close to the ball.
When it seems apparent that a batted ball will be an Infield Fly, the umpire shall immediately declare Infield Fly for the benefit of the runners. If the ball is near the baselines, the umpire shall declare Infield Fly, if Fair.
An INFIELD FLY is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive nor an attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, when first and second, or first, second and third bases are occupied, before two are out. The pitcher, catcher and any outfielder who stations himself in the infield on the play shall be considered infielders for the purpose of this rule.
You can make a case that the umpire signaled late, but the first clause "when it seems apparent" gives the umps an out - he was waiting to see if the infielder was using 'ordinay effort' to get close to the ball.
When it seems apparent that a batted ball will be an Infield Fly, the umpire shall immediately declare Infield Fly for the benefit of the runners. If the ball is near the baselines, the umpire shall declare Infield Fly, if Fair.
As a Cards fan I am glad it was called an infield fly, but feel the Cards got lucky. As the the rule states it is possible that it falls within its definition, but I have never seen a ball like that called an infield fly. I almost felt bad for Chipper, but am still glad the Cardinals won.
Nobody is mentioning that a team was eliminated from the playoffs in one game by a team that finished six games behind it.
I don't care about either the Cards or the Braves and I'm (sort of) an Orioles fan, but I don't think the one game playoff thing is a good idea.
I don't care about either the Cards or the Braves and I'm (sort of) an Orioles fan, but I don't think the one game playoff thing is a good idea.
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