Justice Prevails
The US fell to Mexico 2-1 in the World Baseball Classic Thursday, despite Bob Davidson's efforts to shape the outcome.
A television replay showed Valenzuela's fly ball hit the right field foul pole at least 10 feet off the ground and bounced back onto the field. However, first base umpire Bob Davidson didn't see it that way, and Valenzuela wound up at second with a ground rule double.
It was Davidson, umpiring behind the plate, who ruled that Japan's Tsuyoshi Nishioka left third base early in the eighth inning in Sunday's game to negate a sacrifice fly that would have snapped a 3-3 tie in a game the US won. Replays confirm was was apparent to the naked eye -- Tsuyoshi did not leave early at all.
This put Japan on the brink of elimination and the US in prime position to advance with a win over Mexico. Despite a number of very curious calls by umpires, Mexico held on to win and Japan and Mexico will advance to the semifinals.
The games were held in the US with mostly US umpires and they still felt the need to sway the games in the States' favor.
The one thing that had a chance to ruin what has been an otherwise tremendous tournament, it's the perception of American favoritism.
Luckily, justice prevailed and the games go on.
The US fell to Mexico 2-1 in the World Baseball Classic Thursday, despite Bob Davidson's efforts to shape the outcome.
A television replay showed Valenzuela's fly ball hit the right field foul pole at least 10 feet off the ground and bounced back onto the field. However, first base umpire Bob Davidson didn't see it that way, and Valenzuela wound up at second with a ground rule double.
It was Davidson, umpiring behind the plate, who ruled that Japan's Tsuyoshi Nishioka left third base early in the eighth inning in Sunday's game to negate a sacrifice fly that would have snapped a 3-3 tie in a game the US won. Replays confirm was was apparent to the naked eye -- Tsuyoshi did not leave early at all.
This put Japan on the brink of elimination and the US in prime position to advance with a win over Mexico. Despite a number of very curious calls by umpires, Mexico held on to win and Japan and Mexico will advance to the semifinals.
The games were held in the US with mostly US umpires and they still felt the need to sway the games in the States' favor.
The one thing that had a chance to ruin what has been an otherwise tremendous tournament, it's the perception of American favoritism.
Luckily, justice prevailed and the games go on.
1 Comments:
That was disgusting. I was actually rooting for Mexico after all that has happened.
Laura
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