We all know it's been a tough post-season in baseball for the umpires, but what in the hell happened in the 5th inning of Yankee-Angel game last night?
To recap: With one out in the top of the fifth inning, New York's Nick Swisher hit a ground ball back to Darren Oliver. The Angels pitcher immediately threw home and Jorge Posada was caught in a rundown as he tried to score from third.
As catcher Mike Napoli chased Posada, Robinson Cano did the right thing and moved from second to third on the play. But when Napoli finally neared Posada at third, he noticed that Cano was — for some unknown reason — standing flatfooted a few feet off the base. Napoli alertly tagged Cano and then turned back to tag out Posada, who was experiencing a similar lapse of judgment on the other side of the bag and foul line.
In a few dumbfounding seconds, it looked like Cano and Posada had joined Dale Berra and Bobby Meacham on the short and embarrassing list of duos to be tagged out by the same defender. But McClelland, despite standing just a few feet away and having the entire debacle right in front of him, only ruled Posada was out. Cano was welcome to third.
I was just reading about that. Watched the replay too. Ever's a long time, but no doubt about it that was a BAD call. One of many this postseason.
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