Indians denied protest by MLB...

Captain Fear · 05-02-2007, 05:53 PM

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NEW YORK -- The Cleveland Indians' protest of their 7-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles was denied by Major League Baseball on Wednesday.
The Indians protested Saturday night's game after the umpires awarded a run to the Orioles -- three innings after initially waving it off.

MLB did not elaborate in announcing its decision. The Indians submitted paperwork to MLB on Sunday.

The Orioles had taken a 2-1 lead in the third on Miguel Tejada's RBI single. With one out and 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.
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.

Three innings later veteran umpire Ed Montague called scorekeeper Chad Broski and told him to add a run for the Orioles, giving them a 3-2 lead. Indians manager Eric Wedge protested the game, arguing the run can't be counted later.

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

-ESPN

Not really matters, but if your going to make one call the refs need to stick with that call once the game plays. If they want to review something get them the stupid little headset in every other sport and allow them to call the box office and get the opinion up there. No need for this controversy...

unreal654 · 05-10-2007, 07:06 PM

I'm not quite sure which side you are arguing for, but the more I think about this situation, the more I realize how absurd it is for an umpire to change a call 3 innings after he initially makes it. Just let it soak in for a minute. Major League Baseball denied the protest because it was the easy way out, not the right way.

05-10-2007, 07:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
unreal654 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 332	I'm not quite sure which side you are arguing for, but the more I think about this situation, the more I realize how absurd it is for an umpire to change a call 3 innings after he initially makes it. Just let it soak in for a minute. Major League Baseball denied the protest because it was the easy way out, not the right way.