Umpire & Manager argue but are both wrong, a breakdown
What Happened
In a close game between the Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians, the action heats up in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score tied 1-1. Michael A. Taylor of the Royals bloop-singles to left field, and the throw from the Indians' outfielder is wide of first base, allowing the runner to advance to second. The next Royals batter laces a single to right field, putting runners on first and third. The Indians attempt a pickoff move, but it doesn't work out. The runner on third breaks for home, getting caught in a rundown. He tries to get the trailing runner, Nicky Lopez, to third base, but both end up occupying the same base. Umpire James Hoye initially calls both runners out, causing confusion among the players and managers. Royals catcher Salvador Perez tags the lead runner, Johnson, first, but that tag is meaningless since the base belongs to the lead runner. When Johnson's hand comes off the base, Perez then tags him again, but Hoye does not call him out, thinking the lead runner is still touching the base. Hoye then points to the trailing runner, Hernandez, and calls him out, further adding to the chaos. Indians manager Terry Francona and Royals manager Mike Matheny argue vehemently with Hoye, trying to understand the umpire's calls. Francona is eventually ejected for his animated protests, as the umpire struggles to explain the complex situation. Despite the messy eighth-inning play, the Royals manage to escape the jam. But in the bottom of the ninth, the Indians rally and deliver a walk-off home run, sending their players into a celebratory frenzy as they mob the batter at home plate.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentwe had some classic sitcom
miscommunication in the royals versus
indians game tied up one run a piece in
the bottom of the eighth inning
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let's get into this one we got a full
count pitch that's blooped into left
field and it's gonna drop due to
confusion michael a taylor throws it
into first
and that's gonna be wide of the bag and
that's gonna send the runner from first
to second so
we just start off with confusion and
sloppy play in a nice 1-1 game
the next batter is gonna take the o2
pitch and throw it into right field
that's gonna give them first and third
they try to get tricky and throw behind
them i love it
didn't work out but i love it so first
and third in a tie game in the eighth
inning a ball put in play in the runner
i don't know what he was doing you know
a lot of times they play the contact
play we're just run on contact
but he didn't really do that he could
have went back to third base at this
point and they just would have got the
out at first he would have stayed on
third but he breaks for home
and all hell breaks loose as he gets in
a pickle he tells his
buddy says hey get to third and then he
gets to third and then the runner gets
to third and they're both at 30.
um says he's out and the um says he's
out salvi says two outs are you sure
hey are you sure about that you you
called him out hold on home time out
um you called him out and then you
called him out yes i called both of them
out yes okay cool
and tito's like hold up and matheny says
okay cool i'll take it he said he tagged
me first though
so there's a lot of confusion here
there's three different things it's a
classic
sitcom the umpire he thinks one thing
happened
the indians they think another thing
happened both of them are wrong
and neither know what actually happened
so for anyone that doesn't fully follow
baseball or know this rule this is uh
you know i think is
the fun part of baseball at this point
both runners are occupying the same base
the rule
says the base goes to the lead runner so
number 23
johnson he's safe this dude it's almost
as
if he's not touching a base at all he's
just wandering off
uh away from home home base he can get
tagged he can get put in jail if we're
playing tag on the school yard
so what salvi does is he tags the first
runner first
at this point that tag means nothing
because he
gets the base because he's the lead
runner what happens is
his hand then comes off the base after
this tag now at this point
he'd be out because he's still getting
tagged right there
but the trailing runner hernandez
he now has rights to the base he's safe
so at this point that runner's out
because he's not touching the base and
he's being tagged
the trailing runner is safe because he's
on the bag and that tag means nothing
that's how
this call should have went it happens
really fast so kind of hard for the ump
to get it in live time
but that's what happens then he tags him
again and yeah he's off the base so it
should be one out
and the leading runner should actually
be out because of that
but what happens is the umpire doesn't
see that he's not occupying the base so
the umpire
does not call him out here he calls
hernandez out there because he thinks
the lead runner
is still touching the base he's think he
the umpire thinks they're still
touching at this time so you can see him
point to number seven the trailing
runner and say with his left hand he
says you're out and then
salvia the catcher tags the other guy
and now he points at him
that's a little mid-point right there so
the first point him and he goes oh
you're both out
so he called him both out confusing but
calls him out because he thinks that the
trail runner is being
tagged while both are on the base he
doesn't realize the lead runner isn't on
the base anymore
i'm not really going to blame him for
that it happens really quick so he says
you're out you're out and then he pivots
oh and you're out too and he says both
out so that's what they think happened
now the indians
are going to argue that the only reason
johnson took his hand off the base to
begin with is because he heard the
out call so he thought it was him and
that's just utterly wrong because
his hand comes off the base way before
the umpire even
calls out and it gets into a huge
argument where tito is just
trying to figure out what's happening
and he's listening and he's gonna throw
like uh
wait wait wait what
what what are you saying to me and then
the coach is gonna walk up the umpire's
trying to explain to him he says
when both guys are on the base but
tito's not listening at all he's just
listening to his third base coach who
tells them like hey they tagged the
first runner
first so tito says he tagged him first
then he asked the ump and he says the
ump says no once
once he's out and then says no he's off
the back
they're so confused they're talking
different language it's a sitcom scene
so titus scratch his head like let me
try to understand it says
both guys are on the base if they're
both on the base at the same time he's
not out
the next guy is out if they're both on
the base
and he comes off the base and they tag
him now he's out
i can't help if he comes off he thinks
he had him
and you go like this so he comes off the
[ __ ] base
and the um says well i pointed at the
other guy and he said but you made it
clear
nobody [ __ ] pays attention to you
james
james god damn it you absolutely
[ __ ] this up and he gets tossed and he
says no you're [ __ ] out of the game
you're the one that [ __ ] this up you
gotta be [ __ ] me
[ __ ] [ __ ] so tito's ejected he's out
of the game and now the third base dump
is just gonna give
a nice like friendly lesson he says come
on james you're better than that
[ __ ] you're better than that
when you say you're out he gets off the
back
you said he was out yes you did
you did and that's that you know and
then the royals they end up bringing in
a new picture in the bottom of the
eighth
and they still get out of the jam so
they were looking pretty scary they
strike him out brad keller the starting
pitchers all sorts of pumped up hair
looking great and i don't mean that
and then it doesn't matter because in
the end the indians
bottom ninth one-two pitch bam
walk off home run over the moan sign
wow and a trip around the bases full of
excitement
and just bravado and awesomeness round
second pounding the chest let's [ __ ]
go shows off the hair you got to
comes across home plate water bottles
everywhere
they're excited tito's jumping up and
down in the clubhouse or taking a nap
one or the other bam look at this
pitcher brent's
different reaction
my boy andre not getting dapped up by
the players they love him they love
getting
them wet with the thing i mean i did a
video a couple years ago
went right down his butt crack and
they're coming to get him and they're
like no we're getting him but a total
flub job by the guys here
like they clearly had a plan in place
but one
is there anything in that bucket it
looks like just a melted ice bag
two that there's nothing in it and then
they don't get anyone wet
just kind of andre's butt again
so there you go that is the most
confusing
instance of a weird play and then a fun
walk off just uh a
wild events where nobody was on the same
page and everyone was arguing with
everyone
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