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2y ago

Controversial check swing call loads up the bases and sets the stage for a walk off grand slam for the Red Sox

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I'm a Sox fan so I'm glad they won. But Urias clearly swung. That should have been a strike.

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These kind of situations are getting more and more common. MLB has to take some action. There have been many controversial calls by the umpires this season.
- You could cut and paste this comment into any of the last dozen, or so, decades and it would always seem topical.
  
  bad call
  opposing manager: "Whaaaaat????"
  umpire: "yer outta here!" wash, rinse, repeat
  
  Decades ago we didn't have instant replay challenges. Now we do. MLB has to expand this to every possible play.
  
  During most of that time MLB didn't use the technology that allows them to realize when a call is wrong.

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