But damn, holiday ****ing sucks at fielding.

It's under protest. MLB will have to make a finding, then if it's upheld, they'll re-start the game from the moment of the protest.

I haven't felt dirty about a win since the 1999 nfc championship game.

It's going to suck for the Cardinals to have to re-play the last 5 outs with champagne soaked uniforms.

I can't imagine any scenario where they aren't playing tomorrow.

That call was so blatantly blown in a critical point in the game.

The Braves made too many errant throws and left too many men stranded on base... but yeah, that call was horrific.

More time for 'tang Chip

Then the Cards should protest Ross getting a 4th strike.

They certainly could have, they didn't though.

Huh?

You think it stands?

There is no such thing as an "outfield fly rule." Should have been bases loaded with 1 out.

I don't see how there is any chance the result is upheld. This game decides who have a chance at a WS.

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MLB has already denied protest

And the protest has been denied...no surprise.

ROFL

What a joke.

Would love to see the tapdancing around this.

Uhhmm did anyone think MLB would not deny it? It is one of their primary teams getting the call...

Just saw the replay. Wow. Very ****ed up.

The infield fly rule doesn't have to occur on a fly ball in the infield.

**** y'all...we're the cardinalsLMAO
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I would think that in a game that decides who gets a chance at a WS with a call that doesn't even exist in the rulebook potentially changing the outcome of the game that it would be a no brainer.

Look at this guy pretending it was legit.

Yeah, they really dig those small market midwestern teams. :rolleyes:

lol... they better change the rule then. Next year might have a few protests.

The infield fly rule has to be called immediately on routine pop ups in the infield where the infielder is camped under the ball to protect the offensive team.

The infielder was back pedaling 50 feet in the outfield and was never at any point camped under the ball.

Doesn't matter. They've already denied the protest which is a joke.

I wouldn't have even been able to pop a cork on a bottle after that if I was a Cardinals player.

In no way was the rule applied correctly.

Sorry my phone caused it to post before I finished.


The infield fly rule can occur in the outfield. Not saying it was the right call, but it can happen

Terrible call, but no way they even considered overruling the play on the field. Tis what it is.

I know what you were trying to say.

Should have never been said.

So strange to be on the winning side of one of these. 99% of the time I'm with the ****-ees, not the ****-ers.

Now, the real playoffs begin.

Yeah, doesn't feel as good as I thought it would. Oh well, off to the next round.

Apparently you have to be from Colorado to really get off on it.

NO, that ball has not ,and will not ever be ever called with the infield fly rule. Poor call and because of traveling, wont be overturned.

Jon Heyman is saying on twitter they haven't ruled on the protest officially yet.

The ball being in the outfield has nothing to do with the infield fly rule. It was an awful call, but an infield fly rule can occur outside of the infield

Shit like that should NEVER happen. Ridiculous how the umps couldn't get together and overrule such a terrible call and play on with 1 out and the bases loaded.

Is this where we bury our head in the sand and pretend the play never happened? I'm lost here. Those ****s have the art mastered though.

Congrats Cards. Move on

Why are you even trying to defend the call at all? Seriously. Just stop. Everyone is fully aware that the infield fly rule can be called on the outfield grass.

Show me where its ever been called 50+ feet into the outfield with the infielder constantly back pedaling and still coming up 5 feet short of where the ball landed.

It was a horrible call. Much like the 5th down, the phantom hold in the '97 Chiefs/Broncos playoff game, all of the $tealer$/Seahawks Super Bowl, I could go on and on. It is what it is. I'll never deny it wasn't bullshit, but I'm been on the receiving end so often that I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

Yeah, the call was Dribbonesque, but oh well. Hell, I was waiting for the umps to start playing "pickle".

I guess you missed me saying it was an awful call?


Kozma was somewhat under it, waving his arms. It doesn't matter where he is. That's not the part that was ****ed up. The area doesn't matter, it's the timing and the overall call

The call does make the gif in the OP that much better, though.

Not at that depth, its an ump that forgot where he was. Its a call that makes every misplay of a pop up, a protest. Guy loses ball in sun, should have been infield fly rule.

Oh, and people wonder why I don't like Holliday? One playoff game he should have cost us, and one that he did with his horrible fielding.

Everything you say about it being an awful call goes out the window when you say shit like this.

The infield fly rule was put in place to prevent a short pop up from being intentionally dropped and turned into a double/triple play.

That play was NEVER going to be more than 1 out.

Where people are getting misunderstood, is the infield part. That's all I'm arguing.

Rule states ump must call it immediately, did he?

Ok jd, does he have to be on the infield for it to be ruled an infield fly rule?

I didn't watch it but happened to be listening on the radio when it happened and the way the national audio broadcast described it they said the ump got the call right although they didn't agree with it. They said that the ump can call infield fly rule on plays like that because it didn't take "above average ability to make the play". Apparently there is a clause in the rule that specifically states this or so they said.

Where the ball dropped, is that the infield?

Where am I saying he didn't ? The timing and ruling that the player is in an area to make a routine play is where he ****ed up. The area he was in doesn't matter

No he doesn't... he can be in the outfield but he must be camped under the ball and the call must be made immediately. He was NEVER camped under the ball and the call WAS NOT immediate. There was NEVER any danger of a double play.

Even bringing up the fact that the call can be made on outfield grass is ignorant.

No, it doesn't matter though.

if it puts the offense at a disadvantage

Sounds like a good time for fuq Red. Happy fap.

He doesn't have to be camped under te ball

Yes he ****ing does.

TrollO City has returned.

Camped under no. He can be moving as long as its determined that its a routine play

I don't follow baseball at all, but knowing Atlanta got screwed by a team from Missouri doesn't bother me one bit after the Falcons and Dawgs ruined our football weekend last month.

According to what was stated on the broadcast he does... but I haven't read the rule. It was a shit call and could have changed the outcome. That said said I wouldn't uphold the protest and replay it if I were MLB. Shit calls happen and this didn't drectly take runs off the board so I wouldn't over rule the umps, bad call or not.

That said, did I hear it wrong or are the Cardinals now hosting the Nats and if so why in the **** is that? The Nats won 10 more games and their division.

Routine is side stepping a few feet.

Routine is not running 50+ feet into the outfield for a pop up as an infielder.

Keep on trollin.

You guys are right up there with the Yankees.

****ers swept us in St. Louis, too.

They should put that on a t-shirt.

The rule says he needs to make the call within reason of putting the offense at a disadvantage. The call was late, severely late. MLB will call it a judgment call, but thats not the rule. the rule wasnt applied correctly because he didnt immediately call it. No other ump called it that way. If it was truly an infield fly rule, why didnt the 3rd base ump call it?


Its a rule that wasnt applied correctly. Regular season game with no travel restrictions to put a team at a disadvantage... gets over turn.

My ass. Atlanta is three or four times the size of St. Louis and has a large national fanbase from years of TBS broadcasts. Don't forget the love affair everybody had with Chipper this year, too. Frankly, I'm stunned that such a godawful call DIDN'T go against us. It damn well would have in the WWNFL.

Do you think MLB wants to see St. Louis play in the World Series over teams like Philadelphia and New York? Do you think Fox does? They want Yankees v. Dodgers every ****ing year.

Nats get last 3 at home.