Comments on: Hammel’s Two-Month Rise Began Against Phillies

By: Agbayani

Agbayani — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:17:52 +0000

It was a horrible blown call. That’s why the playoffs have the 2 extra umps down the foul lines. He was right there — I can’t see how he missed it. And yes, it probably did make the difference.

By: Al

Al — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:56:31 +0000

I agree that the Twins did themselves no favors, but you gotta wonder–Mauer and the next two batters singled to load the bases.

If Mauer gets to second as he was supposed to in his at bat, the two singles that followed him would have landed him at third and then home. In other words. Texiera only ties the game. You can’t assume the inning shakes out the same way, but given what followed, it’s enough to say the blown call affected the game.

By: N Wagner

N Wagner — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:11:56 +0000

I agree Bill. I was rooting for the Twins until I watched that game. They just don’t play solid baseball. I thought they were supposed to be a small ball team but they failed miserably at hitting behind runners, moving people over and getting the runners in scoring position in. I like to see good baseball in the playoffs and the Twins just haven’t delivered so far. The Yankees surprisingly have.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:07:32 +0000

Gotta add this comment to Robba. Yeah the umpire blew the call. And the umpiring has been terrible in the playoffs. But the Twins can’t blame the umps. They left 17 men on base during the game. They had the bases loaded and no one out and they didn’t score. They can only blame themselves.

By: robba

robba — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:45:39 +0000

Just finished watching MN and the left field umpire blow the game to the Yankees. Guys, I umpired for 30 years, everything from Little League through small college ball. And I missed my share of calls. But I don’t think I ever missed a fair-foul call right in front of me like that umpire did. Absolutely unforgivable.

And Ron G. It’s called a squeeze play. Use it.