MLB admits it blew call; Mauer takes it in stride
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Joe Mauer sliced a ball down the left-field line to lead off the top of the 11th inning. The score was 3-3 at the time and the Twins were trying to overcome another dramatic ninth inning at the Bronx.
Mauer’s ball landed as Melky Cabrera ran toward the line. Left field umpire Phil Cuzzi ruled the ball foul, but replays showed it was clearly fair. The umpires watched a replay after the game and crew chief Tim Tschida admitted a mistake had been made.
Here’s what Tschida had to say tonight:
Mauer went on to single in the at-bat and the Twins eventually loaded the bases. David Robertson escaped the no-out, bases-loaded jam and Mark Teixeira hit a the game-winning homer to lead off the bottom of the inning.
A beat up Mauer just talked to some reporters. He seemed crushed by the loss but took the blown call by stride. As Ron Gardenhire pointed out after the game, it would’ve been a different inning with Mauer on second rather than first. Jason Kubel immediately followed with a single to right, but Mauer, correct or not, pointed out that the single may not have gotten through the hole if he had been on second rather than first.
We’ll never know. What I can tell you is that Mauer handled the situation well. Here’s what he had to say:
I’ll have postgame audio from Joe Girardi, Teixeira and A-Rod in a bit.
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Sam Borden
AJ did not give up 7 walks, he gave up 5 walks and 2 HBP. And 3 hits. With 6 K’s. In 6 innings.
Sam-
Go easy on us with all of these new threads. That game was exhausting!
Reporter says to Arod now that you are over the hump, can we finally see the player that you are?….Will that be on the back of the newspaper tomorrow, Arod’s over the hump? lol
Mauer is classy
Oops!!! Sorry Josh.. you are obviously not Sam.
that call was maier-esque. today was the anniverssary..scary
What a night! Yanks are up 2 – 0, Sox are down 0 -1, Terry Francona still is dealing w/ diarrhea, Papi is out of “Vitamins” and Youk is still ugly.
Life is good!
Did Tschida say anything about home plate being 25 inches wide when the Yankees were batting and 12 inches wide when the Twins were batting?
ok…pinch runner on 1st for the angels, nobody out in the 7th in a 1-1 game.
will the twins run on martinez now?
nick
go easy on betsy she missed the game, had a card game
Betsy,
Did I say it was good? I think not.
Just said that it was 5 walk, not 7. And 2 of the walks were to Mauer. Looked like they had a strategy of working around him.
As for what he looked like? Not bad, until he hit batters back to back. Then the next inning he walked batters back to back. And then the two out triple that plated the runner from 2nd.
But 1 run in 6 innings. The results were there, even though it wasn’t pretty.
43 hours and 16 minutes until Game 3!!!!!!!
mauer is a classy dude….hope he never leaves minny….unless its to us
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Too bad they don’t play tomorrow. I want them to finish this off so bad in game 3 against that classy, cough..cough…..thief, loser.
Nick in SF
October 9th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
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just another day at the pie factory….
Wagner warming up in the sox/angels game
I like that Mauer. Very classy indeed.
djsunyc
October 9th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
lets go yankees (formerly lets go twins) October 9th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
hughes wasn’t *terrible*. looked like gangbusters against the first 2 guys. then walked gomez b/c he kept throwing outside and missing the plate. then gave up a solid hit to right. and then threw a curve that was slapped looped into center.
didn’t pitch awful but the walk is what hurt him. the first 2 batters, he looked dominant against.
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No. Please do not sugercoat Hughes performance. He was terrible. He walked a guy with a career .292 OBP and proceeded to give up hits to the 8 and 9 hitters who have career .267 average and .248 respectively.
I do not care what he did for the first two batters. Hughes has been great but his outing was pretty much atrocious. There is no excuse for walking Carlos Gomez and then getting beat by two scrubs.
He choked and I guess that is going to happen but it is a bit concerning that so far in this series he has been real shaky under the spotlight. Yes he got the job done yesterday but it took him close to 30 pitches to get out 2 batters.
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at what age did your parents stop loving you?
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Really? That is your response? I guess Hughes is immune from criticism. You guys are killing AJ when he got the job done and in fact I think he did a great job.
Please tell me how Hughes was not terrible? He got out two batters?
Oh by the way-
You’re on the Mark Teixeira!
lets go yankees (formerly lets go twins)
October 9th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
AJ did a great job tonight. He went 6 innings and gave up 1 run. How much better do you want him to be?
And I do not buy at all that the Red Sox or Angels would have killed him tonight b/c he walked 5 in that great 15 inning game vs the Red Sox and they did not score a single run. He has also had a number of other great or very good starts where he walked a lot of guys. I think they said tonight that AJ is the best if not one of the best pitchers this year with guys on base. He is going to walk guys. That is him.
it was a joke – lighten up.
AJ did okay, not outstanding, but good enough.
Too me its not who the catcher is, AJ is AJ. He can be good, & then in the next moment, he can struggle. Its like a hit or miss.
Amazing how a young player in the heat of taking another loss can see and understand how that call didn’t necessarily mean the rest would play out as it did, yet his manager and Betsy can’t.
Mauer is a good guy, a real plus to have in the game. It will be interesting how things go with him when FA looms. I think a lot will depend on what the teams owners do. Players may like the idea of staying with one team for their career, but they also like to get a shot at a championship.
For an example, look at the things that Halliday was saying despite his enjoyment of being with the Blue Jays.
Mauer is a pro’s pro. He could have made a huge stink about that blown call and been completely right in doing so, but he didn’t. Much respect to him.
Officiating in pro sports (aside from the NHL) leave a lot to be desired these days.
Erica: the two are not mutually exclusive. But your appreciation of my wisdom is noted.
it’s a tex message
Ooo, a shock, the Saux can’t throw out a runner.
I can’t believe I got to see that in person. I have never seen a stadium go that crazy. I will have pictures in a little bit oh my g-d I will never forget that
abdabab
would it be fair if mauer played for us?
AJ got the job done tonight and that’s all that matters now.
Maybe next time he’ll have more confidence/less nerves and can improve.
Jeter is the last person that needs to get his pie. Hopefully it’s in the ALCS and this series never makes it’s way back to the stadium.
Rebecca, I’m really happy you got to see that in person and have such an awesome sports night tonight — especially given what’s in store for Syracuse tomorrow.
Rebecca you were there, I thought it was the loudest it’s been this season, did the crowd think it was game over in the 9th or did you still believe?
Lucky Tex didn’t take my small ball advice from earlier today –
you can’t Always Hit A Hank Aaron Homer.
LET’S GO ANGELS!!!
Amazing. Simply amazing.
2-1 Angel lead
sawx in the process of getting swept, oh the joy!
2-1 ANGELS
YES post-game reactions with a preview of Game 3:
http://bit.ly/Xxqm
Francona is an idiot ! He left Beckett in too long. LOL !
It just amazes me how people just throw the word choke around so loosely…..Certainly anyone who has played the game or any competative sports really don’t use the term quite so freely…..
Running like wild against VMart lol
That’d be something special if Mauer stayed with Minny.
I wouldn’t complain if he came to NY, but to grow up in Minny, & then play for them, not many people have that chance.
bring on the friggin angels, we are ready for their nonsense
Thanks Pel!
“It just amazes me how people just throw the word choke around so loosely”
Too little fresh air and too many video games.
Beckett’s cranky
mick, would what be fair? The blown call? No one said it was great, but it didn’t mean that it changed the game. It wasn’t made into an out. Mauer gets it that if it had been called right he would have been on second. After that the situation is different, positioning of the players on the field is different. Are blown calls fair? No, neither are blown ball/strike calls fair.
It doesn’t matter which team it goes against. What does make a difference that has more impact is if its a called out.
He didn’t make any effort to get out of the way? lol. When you throw that far inside, you don’t have to.
Nice one, DT. I saw it earlier too. Trying to be on good behavior right now.
Hey, another Sox pitcher hit a guy! That is rare.
Personally, the call down the line was justified after the crappy strike zone the Yankees were dealing with all night.
I just got back from the game, and when A-Rod and Tex hit their home runs, it was as loud as it ever was back in the old place. The crowd was chanting “Let’s Go Yankees” and “Boston sucks” from the stands to the subway.
abadab
i aske dif it would be fair if we picked up mauer as a free agent? capish
>Thanks Pel!
Amazing game I am still buzzing so many up and down moments. So glad Gardner got taken off the hook. He is really a great late inning weapon. Like Girardi said that was a tough read because of if it dropped it could of been a double play to end the inning.
Robertson did a great job. Great job by A-Rod and Teixeira. Burnett gave a nice gutty effort. The one dissapointing thing was Damaso Marte. He made the alds roster to get the twins leftys. He gave up a double & single to Mauer and a single to Kubel.
“AJ did okay, not outstanding, but good enough.
Too me its not who the catcher is, AJ is AJ. He can be good, & then in the next moment, he can struggle. Its like a hit or miss.”
I agree….AJ is AJ
sometimes i wonder about the IQ level in here.
I can’t believe Francona is leaving Beckett out there this long.
4-1 angels lead
angels are taking it to beckett – i love it.
yanks/angels is what i want to see…
7
can i call you by your number?
bruney will replace marte in the alcs.
Just as I say that the Angels tack on 2 more runs..Francona messed that up.
beckett gives up a triple to Aybar
4-1 Halos
Beckett crying like a baby which is the norm for him by now.
Nonetheless, he is still the greatest postseason pitcher of this or any other era.
Could you guys be any less enthused with 1 ER out of your starter? Tough crowd.
Lighten up, we escaped by the hair of Phil’s chinny-chin-chin.
Beckett is loading the bases,and giving up the runs 4-1 ANGELS
Hmmm, I thought Beckett was the zenith of post season pitching. What happened?
nick
you ever hear of a guy named mariano?
Timing is everything.
It is pouring rain now.
A little luck doesn’t hurt now and again either.
Nonetheless, he is still the greatest postseason pitcher of this or any other era.
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Greatest season pitchers put their team on their broad shoulders when they have to stave off a 2-0 deficit.
at first I wasn’t happy TBS pulled in Orsillo and Eck for these broadcasts – but now I love it.
Orsillo can’t do his normal, woe is us schtick.
When LA gets a big hit he has to sound excited… lol
Same with Eck in the studio, he can’t use the
“we” stuff like he does at NESN.
Boy LetsgoYankees, you are tough on Phil. I’m sure he didn’t do well tonight, but he got the biggest out of the game in game 1. He’s 23 and Cabrera is a seasoned veteran………the fact is, Phil got him out no matter how many pitches he threw. This kind of thing will happen to him again in his career – let’s see how he bounces back.
I just saw the replays of Tex’s HR – he looked so happy…………..what a moment for him.
*Greatest postseason pitchers…
Tito braincramp managing like Buck Martinez who just proclaimed that Beckett still has a lot in the tank.
Now let’s see if the pathetic Angels pen can hold the lead.
Sox may head home counting on Buchholz and Diceman??
Terry Francona is afraid to go out to the mound… the guys been dealing w/ a bout of diarrhea for the past 48 hours.
I guess that what you deserve for living on a diet consisting of chewing tobacco and 7-11 taquitos.
What a loser!!
I wonder what John Kruk is thinking as he watches these Red Sox-Angels game.
Um, why is Alex wearing Tom Terrific’s shirt in the postgame presser?
Buckett’s back looked fine the first 6.2 innings.
m, AJ did fine, especially for a guy getting his… first postseason experience, and especially given the plethora of baserunners he allowed. The fact that it was a single earned run is a fluke, but flukes win games.
Aybar is probably the kind of player I’d love if he was on the team I root for but on someone elses team he seems to have a big attitude.
i gots to stop hanging out with the teenagers in here.
Can’t wait til Socks go to their pen,it’s,OVAH!!
m
October 10th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Um, why is Alex wearing Tom Terrific’s shirt in the postgame presser?
Buckett’s back looked fine the first 6.2 innings.
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Yep too many excuses for Josh Beckett. Everybody is sore this time of year.
Nick,
I’m not into what-ifs.
m
Tom Terrific? What did he have on?
Seven,
No, I was serious. Beckett looked really good over the course of the game.
But Beckett got the first 2 batters out, was on a good pitch count.
But it’s the playoffs, go to Wagner. Right? Right? Oh, man that sounds wrong.
Does sarcasm just not exist anymore without an emoticon to point the way? Sheesh.
I guess my Beckett reference was more for more seasoned LoHud commenters.
the ump missed a billion pitches and they all went the Twins way
so the ump missed a play down the line?
awww too freaking bad… cry me a river
Betsy
I was not too concerned with his first game outing. I was just trying to point out that in the first game he was not his same dominant self as he has been. I guess that kind of just got lumped in with my criticism of him in this game. Still tho, I take nothing back about what I said about his performance tonight, mostly because I still can not get over that he walked Carlos Gomez which is nearly impossible.
“mick October 10th, 2009 at 12:00 am
abadab
i aske dif it would be fair if we picked up mauer as a free agent? capish”
All you asked was would it be fair if Mauer played for us. It wasn’t clear that you were talking about the Yankees signing him in FA.
I wouldn’t complain if the Yankees signed Mauer. Much rather the Yankees sign him than the Red Sox. Personally, I’d be fine with him remaining with the Twins, its a good story and I think it would be his preference, but his team’s owners need to give him some reason to believe that they are willing to field a competitive team overall.
A player like him deserves to have a shot at winning a ring.
new thread
pat,
Two weeks in a row, Tom Brady wore a black and white tight checkered dress shirt in the postgame, under a jacket, too!
Alex looked good, but if this were in US Magazine’s Who Wore it Better? Tom would win.
Can’t give up on Marte just yet. Mauer is hitting everyone and everything.
JD Drew at his best taking a called third strike. LOL
wow.. weaver is dealing.. angels could be a scary matchup…
Man ! The Sox are a joke !
I guess it will be Yankees vs. Angels ALCS.
The Angels are lucky that their starting pithers are going so deep in the game. Otherwise they would be introuble bringing out guys from that terrible bullpen. That is why Weaver started the 8th with 110 pitches. Also If the Sox are supposed to have such a good bullpen why didn’t Francona actually go to it?
one thing I didn’t see discussed tonight – what was up with Nathan?
Giving up a homer to Alex is one thing – but that pick-off play was bizarre. He missed the 2nd basemen by about 8 feet.
Did the wrong guy cover? Did his feet get tangled?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pick-off play at 2nd base go so wrong. It was like having Goose Goosage flashbacks.
“Beckett’s cranky ”
i think he needs anger management training.
i took one once , but the anger management lady got so mad at me she threw a hizzy fit and gave me credit for the class as long as i wouldn’t come back.
on the way out with my completion certificate i grabbed a bunch of her smiley face pens that had her anger management class phone number on them.
i would hand them out to my golf buddies when they would miss a three foot putt
Not to change subjects before the impending Sux loss…but ESPN2 just did a “Pie Montage” a few minutes ago on Sportcenter…try to catch the repeat…showed the Yanks about six or seven times.
Brandon. The stadium got loud after twixeira reached in the ninth And positively deafining after alex’s home run
“I wonder what John Kruk is thinking as he watches these Red Sox-Angels game.”
I’m sure cheeseburgers are involved somehow.
Mauer is a fraud. He has half the character of ARod.
-Got a a series of email from Cardinal fans.
They want Albert gone,because he hasn’t hit a run since Sept 9th.
-They are convinced La Russa is drinking again.He thought the closer (the one that blew the save)and gave up the winning run, did good and was really impressed with his pitches.
-Albert gone,is St Louis crazy? Pujols on the open market,one could only dream of the Alex like money for sure.
not sure if anyone mentioned this but, the missed call might not have even mattered if the umpire wouldn’t have expanded his strike zone on the yankees. how many pitches were really balls instead of strikes last night? how many walks would we have had? how many more men on base? the umps blew the game way before the missed call.
Yes, Mauer should become a Yankee, why not. Go ahead and buy him too. This really makes the sport so competitive. A lot of parity here. So 2 things need to be fixed in this sport – parity via a salary cap (can’t dispute how much the 200 million dollar boys have contributed in this series), and instant replay has to be added. That call down the LF line was one of the worst ever. Instant replay in football has trained spectators that wrongs have to be corrected, they cant be swept under the rug!
The reason the Twins lost was not the blown call. That was unlucky. The reason they lost is because they couldn’t get a run home with bases loaded none out. Minnesota Twins fans are pretending they got cheated out of the win because of a single instead of a double, but if they want to beat the yankees they’ve GOT to get a run home with bases loaded none out.
It was a bad call, no doubt.
But you can’t conclude that, if the call had gone the Twins’ way, they would’ve won the game.
One thing leads to another. But you never know what the “another” is going to be. Had the Twins scored, the Yanks might’ve come out for the bottom half of their inning and exploded.