The batter never had a chance (LOL) after that pitch. He was ~30 minutes late on his third swing and a miss.
Nearly “Chin Music”
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That inside pitch looked like a strike or nearly a strike from this angle. The batter’s (late?) reaction to the pitch may have fooled the umpire into calling it a ball vice the strike it appears to be.
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I used to ump in Chile too. Almost got killed one day when I called a close play for the away team. OMG
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Continued: The home team fans really, really, very much wanted me to reverse my call but I could not. Fun ensued.
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Finally, this OP in no way is intended to offend neither people of Chinese nor Oriental descent. That goes double for the harpies looking for the next ‘struggle’ to win.
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This is why people are wrong to think baseball is a “safe” sport. Lawd, I’d rather face Lawrence Taylor than this pitch!!
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Hey Simon, because I am hopeless at posting videos and in the spirit of the Series, could you post Kirk Gibson’s infamous bottom of the 9th homerun in game 1 of the 1988 World Series? By sheer accident, I was at that game because my brother had tickets and his wife wasn’t interested. I remember saying at the end “You and I have just witnessed history.” 🙂
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On it Liz.
BTW: I am feeling sorry for that catcher’s left hand. Ouch!
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