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Originally Posted by chefsos
Houston got absolutely ****ed by that bullshit call. The ball was out of the park and Mookie went up and over to get it, which is his right. The fans tried to catch it without reaching over the wall, which is their right.
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I didn't think it was bullshit.
Was the ball going out? Yes.
But, until the ball crosses over the plane of the wall it is still in play. When the fan made contact with Mookie's glove he wasn't even against the wall yet. So can you definitively say that the fan wasn't reaching over the wall into the field of play? Look at the slowmo. You can make a reasonable assumption that someone standing right up against the wall with their arms out in front of them are in fact reaching onto the field of play.
I think Joe West is one of the worst umpires in the league and can't think of any valid reason why he still has a job as a MLB umpire, but I think he got that one right.
He's not up and over anything and the fans had already interfered with Betts before the ball got there.
But more to the point... The guy in the white shirt is reaching to the right to try and catch the ball. What the **** is he looking at?