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Old 04-21-2014, 08:40 PM   #705
SirFozzie
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Originally Posted by SackAttack View Post
That's an appeal play if he thinks Pedroia left early. Unless he appealed to third and was denied, he is a dumbass for arguing for a review instead of...keeping the players on the field and having the pitcher throw over to third. There is no reason for him to ask for a review, reviewable or not, unless he does that first.

I didn't see any appeal, but Showalter thought he had the right to ask the umps for a review:

Left fielder David Lough was charged with a throwing error on the final play of the game when his throw home after catching the second out of the ninth inning was wide of the plate and bounced to the backstop, allowing Dustin Pedroia — who was shuffling between third base and home plate — time to score the winning run to prompt a celebration at home in front of what remained of an announced 33,947.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter, the beneficiary of one umpire-initiated review in the inning, remained on the field to argue for another review to confirm whether Pedroia tagged at third, but he wasn't granted it.

“If he tagged up properly, and if the other two people had tagged up going to the next base,” Showalter said of his appeal for a review. “It's a timing play, though, on the trailers. So, no shot there. Plus you can't appeal a tag. Go figure. They've got some really strange rules. That will change, too, going forward.”
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