| Kevy Baby |
10-01-2008 03:10 PM |
I meant to post about this last week when it happened. The Dodgers have now been involved in TWO weird situations this season.
The short of it is: Bengie Molina (of the Giants) is credited with hitting a home run but is NOT given credit for scoring a run.
Huh?
I watched it unfold Saturday night and I am still not sure how anybody could come to this decision. It makes no freakin' sense. Here's how it came about :
Bengie hits a towering drive to right. The ball bounces off of the top of the wall and into play (there was someone on base who scored, but I don't recall who it was). Bengie isn't able to run well, so he is only able to make it to first. Emmanuel Burriss comes out to pinch run for Molina.
Bruce Bochey (Giants manager) comes out to dispute the call, claiming that the ball actually hit the ROOF, which would have made it a home run. After reviewing the play, the umpire changes the call and declares Molina's hit a home run. Here's where things get weird (besides the fact that they are using instant replay in baseball).
Burriss (the pinch runner for Molina) was then determined as being in the game (more specifically, Molina is out). It was then argued by Bochey that since the original call was overturned and Molina's single became a home run, Burriss shouldn't be ruled as actually in play - you aren't going to put in a pinch runner in the middle of a player rounding the bases on a home run.
But no; Burriss was ruled as the player of record for the run scored, even though Molina was the person who hit the home run. Molina still got the homer but did not get credit for scoring the run.
Listening to a incredulous Vin Scully try to figure out the logic (or more specifically pointing out the lack of logic) was amusing.
And I don't even care that the call went against the Dodgers or that it went in favor of the Giants (LA already had the NL West title locked up). The 15 minute delay was ridiculous!
ETA: one story on the above. |
