Umpire calls runner out who isn't out, a breakdown
What Happened
The St. Louis Cardinals are on a remarkable late-season run, having won game after game to put together the longest winning streak in franchise history. In this game, it feels like the baseball gods are on their side, as even bloops and blunders seem to go the Cardinals' way. Rookie outfielder Andrew Romine steps up to the plate in the late innings, the Cardinals clinging to a narrow lead. Romine works the count full, 3-2, and the next pitch appears to be just off the plate, but the umpire rings him up. The Cardinals' dugout erupts in celebration, sensing they've caught a break. Next up is rookie sensation Frank Schwindel, the leading candidate for National League Rookie of the Year. Schwindel steps in and the Cardinals fans cheer loudly, knowing their young star is due for a big hit. Schwindel lifts a fly ball to deep left-center field, and Rockies outfielder Aaron Arenado tracks it down for the first out. However, as Arenado tries to make the catch, he slips and stumbles, and the ball drops in fair territory. The umpire down the third base line immediately calls an "infield fly" - meaning the batter is automatically out, but the runners can advance at their own risk. The problem is, the umpires are not on the same page. The second base umpire rings up the runner at second base, thinking it's a force out. Confused, the Cardinals start to tag the runner, but the umpire calls "time" and says the runner is safe, as he overran the base due to the umpire's mistake. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol erupts in anger, storming out of the dugout to confront the umpires. "There was no time!" Marmol shouts. "The play was not over! You messed this up!" Marmol refuses to accept the umpires' explanation, and he is ultimately ejected for arguing. Despite the umpiring chaos, the Cardinals keep their composure and record the final out to preserve their lead. The home crowd celebrates another win in this magical Cardinals season, as the team continues its push toward the playoffs. Thanks to a sponsorship from SeatGeek, the fans in attendance are enjoying the game from premium seats, getting 20% off with the code ".".
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthe cardinals are on a magical run to
end this season they just win game after
game after game they're just winning and
winning and winning their longest win
streak in franchise history at times it
feels like they got magic on their side
even bloopers go in their favor and they
thought they had another one of those in
this game but then it didn't go their
way and they got a little mad about it
they want to have the magic on their
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take in some baseball feel like royalty
all right let's get into it romine's up
looking scraggly looking rugged looking
beautiful looking like how a catcher
should he's gonna take this 3-2 pitch
that's a little outside low i don't know
look pretty good to me he wants it as
well but that is a runner on first and
that is a grown man in full uniform at
the game and this is the frank schwindl
fan club let's go frank gay
he's not even up yet he's on deck first
another 3-2 pitch just misses they
celebrate they're like oh ball guys come
on let's get a [ __ ] bass hit let's go
let's go frankie hey hey hey frankie's
up frank he's up watch watch here he is
oh my god and there he is oh my god so
here he comes the hero rookie of the
year bam
straight in the air what's gonna happen
aaron otto's got it for one out oh
oh he slips okay get him at third turn
the double play get him at second
cardinals think they do it everyone's
like no no oh let's tag him again just
to be casey we ran off the back and
they're like no time time time hey umps
let's all get together and chat about
this see what happened
here's what happened aronado goes for
this ball he wants to catch it he
doesn't want to drop it on purpose he
throws on the brakes and you can see his
left foot slip and then hit the lip of
the grass and then he's down and the
ball lands in fair territory but you can
see the umpire
gabe down the third base line he's
calling this an infield fly which means
the batter is automatically out and the
runners
can advance on their own or they can
stay put it's up to them if they do
advance they have to be tagged it's a
force out because they can always return
to the base that they're at
it's a proper call that is an infield
fly the infield fly rule exists for this
very reason because aronato could just
drop that on purpose leave the runners
in no man's land and turn easy double
plays like this that's why the infield
fly rule exists so you can see right
there that he did call it the only
problem is the cardinals didn't
understand that he called it the cubs
didn't understand that he called it and
second base umpire he didn't know they
called it because he thinks this is a
force out and he rings up the runner and
then when the cardinals go to tag
because goldie was like tag him tech i'm
tagging me over in the base you can see
the umpire at this point say time no no
no time is out time is out this umpire's
saying he only overran the base because
i messed up and i had the rule wrong so
that's on me but
if you look at it
runner was running past the bag
had nothing to do with the ump's
mechanic or the ump saying out he as
well
thought he was forced out and was going
to overrun the bag whether that umpire
did that mechanic or not but the umpire
doesn't think that he thinks the only
reason he overran the bag is because he
called him out so he has to fix that so
he calls time out and that's where we
get in trouble because they say yep
you're safe and you're safe and there's
two outs that's where manager of the
cardinals gets really mad he said there
was not time
who
he's like i called time he was like you
call time tell me you called time to my
face explain it to me i don't care about
that it's not another [ __ ] rule and
he says he comes off the bag and i
called time
i called time
he's like the play was not [ __ ] over
it was not [ __ ] over
you [ __ ] that up
yeah you [ __ ] i don't care what you tell
me
i don't care what you tell me
and then the head um uh home plate um i
know but that's what happened and he's
like well that's [ __ ] up they messed
up and tries explaining it to him he's
like that's [ __ ]
he comes off the bag and he tags him
he's [ __ ] it up
it's [ __ ]
it's [ __ ] and then he's gonna say
and you know it and that gets him
ejected you can't point to numb's face
and saying you know it so that's what
happened i mean he did [ __ ] it up but
didn't matter because they got the next
strikeout anyway the magic continues
these guys get to celebrate they're in
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using code john boy and that's basically
what happened infield fly rule was
properly called umpire at second base
did [ __ ] it up in my opinion definitely
didn't get it right he's on the wrong
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