[Lefty Noob]

Did you guys catch the blown call in Saturday's Cleveland Indians vs. Baltimore Orioles game?

Mistake at the Jake: Indians protest after umps blow call
By TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer
April 29, 2007

The Orioles had just taken a 2-1 lead in the third on Miguel Tejada's RBI single. With one out, Nick Markakis on third base and Tejada at first, Ramon Hernandez hit a sinking liner to center field.

Cleveland's Grady Sizemore made a diving catch, popped up and threw to first in time to get Tejada for an inning-ending double play. Markakis, however, tagged up and scored well before Tejada was out at first.

Here's where it gets interesting.

Baltimore's run should have counted, but it was disallowed by plate umpire Marvin Hudson and the inning ended with the Orioles up 2-1, not 3-1.

Hernandez had a feeling something was wrong.

"In the bullpen, I said, 'That run counts,' then I didn't see it go on the board," he said. "Everybody had a different opinion at the time and you start thinking that you don't know the rules or that they changed a rule. I was confused for four innings."

Over in Baltimore's dugout, only bench coach Tom Trebelhorn detected a problem.

"The more I thought about it, the more I said, 'Son of a gun, that's an appeal play, that's not a double play,"' said Trebelhorn, who took up his case with the umpires before the start of the fourth. "Markakis was well across home plate before they made the appeal at first base to retire Tejada. By rule, the run counts in black and white."

Fast forward three innings:

Veteran umpire Ed Montague calls scorekeeper Chad Broski and tells him to add a run for the Orioles, giving them a 3-2 lead. Indians manager Eric Wedges protests the game, arguing that the run can't be counted later.

"I don't blame Eric for protesting the call since it was our screw up," Montague said. "But we can't take away a run on my screw up. Eric was great about it. He understood, but he had to protest."

On Sunday, the Indians prepared paperwork to submit to Major League Baseball, which will rule on their protest.

"We are filing a formal protest, supported by video and statements to uphold our beliefs," general manager Mark Shapiro said. "Our point of view is not that a mistake was made, but that the score was changed retroactively, after baseball had been played."

I missed this entirely (watching too much NFL Draft I guess). Should the run have counted? Yes, absolutely. But you can't go back a few innings later and add it to the board. The Indians should win the appeal. What do you guys think of this mess?

[azrael492]

I hear about teams protesting games, but have never heard about one winning a protest. What happens if they win. Do they get to play the game over, or do they get the win? How is it solved?

[MJHMarc]

This is a bizarre occurance.

Then, should they redo all of the World Series centered around bad calls?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by azrael492

I hear about teams protesting games, but have never heard about one winning a protest. What happens if they win. Do they get to play the game over, or do they get the win? How is it solved?

If I remember right, they have to replay the rest of the game from the moment of protest.

[MJHMarc]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

If I remember right, they have to replay the rest of the game from the moment of protest.

That's pointless since the player's staminas are recovered.

Where did you hear that legislation?

[legend]

Go back to the Pine Tar game for a team winning a protest, one in which the league basically disregarded the rule the way it was written.