“What was the count in the end, 3-4 to Green?”
– Angels Manager Mike Scioscia, voicing his displeasure at what he felt were two blown calls during the penultimate at bat in last night’s Angels-Sox game.
I haven’t seen it yet, but reasonable people are disagreeing on whether or not the check swing really was a check swing. Scioscia is dead right about the pitch that was called ball four, however.
(thanks to Jason for the heads up)
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- YX - Sep 17, 2009 at 12:41 PM
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Of course before the game WEEI had an interview with Rick Reed’s multiple stroke and his come back.
And I got an ugly feeling when Scioscia got into his face.
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- Marc - Sep 17, 2009 at 2:19 PM
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I’m a huge Sox fan, but the umps totally blew it. The check swing could have gone either way, but more often than not it’s called a strike. Green should not have taken ball 4 since it was so close to the strike zone (actually IN the strike zone) and to me, there’s nothing worse than striking out looking to end a game.
