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Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros steps up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and two runners in scoring position. The New York Mets coach is seen talking to the third baseman and shortstop, suggesting they come in, potentially expecting Altuve to hit the ball to them. On the first pitch from Mets pitcher Sevy, Altuve swings and misses for strike one. The next pitch is high and out of the zone, a ball. The third pitch is another fastball up and in, and Altuve puts the ball in play. The ball appears to hit Altuve's foot, but the umpire rules it a foul ball. Altuve is confused by the call, turning towards the umpire and gesturing that the ball clearly hit him. The Mets broadcast switches to a field camera to follow the play, but the Astros broadcast stays focused on Altuve's reaction. Astros third base coach Gary Espada comes out to argue the call with the umpire, imploring him to review the play. The umpires huddle together to discuss the call, as this is the home plate umpire's first-ever game behind the plate, adding to the pressure of the moment. They acknowledge they don't have a clear view of whether the ball hit Altuve, and decide not to overturn the foul ball ruling. Altuve is visibly frustrated, throwing his helmet and bat in disgust. He insists to the umpires that the ball clearly hit his foot, but they stand by their original call. The Astros fans in the crowd boo and point, jeering at the umpires' decision. One fan even mockingly claps in the umpire's face, adding to the tense atmosphere. Altuve's frustration is compounded by the fact that earlier in the game, he had forgotten the number of outs, further contributing to his difficult day. The umpires' controversial call and refusal to review the play despite Altuve's pleas leave the Astros star visibly upset as the inning comes to an end.

Altuve coming up, two outs, two runners in scoring position.

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And the Mets coach says, hey, come in.

Talking to the third baseman, come in.

I think he's going to hit it to you.

Maybe the shortstop, come in.

First pitch from Seve, fastball up and in, swings through it, strike one.

Next pitch, trying to do the same thing.

No, that's a ball high.

Next pitch, he's going to go for the same thing again, hits him in play.

They're going to play through it.

Now, that was the Mets broadcast.

I found this kind of interesting.

The Mets broadcast switched.

The director said switch to the field camera, and they followed the ball.

The Astros broadcast said, no, stay on Altuve.

That's a foul ball.

They never even went to the ball and play.

So if you're an Astros fan, you even more so are mad that they rule this a hit.

And if you're a Mets fan, you're like, well, I know.

I saw the play.

They all went through it.

Altuve is turning around like, what are you guys doing?

That hit me, coach.

So Espada comes out, and he's like, hey, James, James, hold on, hold on.

Hey, you got to take a look at it.

You guys got to huddle together and take a look at it.

And they're like, yep, no problem.

We will.

This umpire behind home plate, it's his first ever game behind home plate.

So a lot of pressure.

They get together.

Anyone see anything?

Were you watching?

Let's all take a look at the replay.

They don't.

That angle doesn't provide much.

That angle doesn't provide much at all.

There it is.

Yeah, that angle doesn't provide much.

The other angle does, but you have to just look at the flight of the ball.

Because I think if you're just looking at the shoe and saying, did it hit him?

It's still very hard to tell.

Like, if replay was available on a play like this, which I don't think it is,

the umpires have to call for it themselves, which can they do that?

I don't know.

I don't know if you'd have 100%.

But if you look at the path of the ball, you'd have to call for it.

You'd have to call for it.

If you look at the path of the ball, it changes.

It looks like it's going to go way foul, and then all of a sudden,

it's going into fair territory.

When you zoom out, or we're zoomed in here, but on this next shot,

you zoom out, it looks like he's hitting that,

and it's going to the right of the umpire off the bat.

And then all of a sudden, it kicks off his shoe, and it goes fair.

That's my opinion.

I think it hit him in the foot.

I understand it's not 100% convincing,

but I think most people would say it hit him.

They don't have the benefit of the replays I just showed you.

They just have their recall of memory, and they're like, nah, nah.

You're like, what?

Altuve's thinking, what are you talking about?

It's not f***ing out.

What?

Throws his helmet and his bat?

You don't see Altuve act like that a lot.

You say, ow, I don't get it.

It hit my foot.

I don't know what it is you're watching.

You would see it hit my foot.

It did.

No.

No way.

I felt it hit my foot.

He's mad.

Fans are pointing and laughing.

Nothing more rude than just pointing and laughing at someone.

And then this guy just clapping in his face.

Get him out of here.

Gotta be f***ing kidding me.

He's pissed off.

Earlier in the game, he forgot how many outs there were,

so he's just having not a great day, Altuve.

And now neither is this umpire who made his debut.

Hey, pay attention to the game.

It's a good point.

Hey, you already know, papi.

Woo!

Let's go!

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