The Twins beat the Tigers in that thrilling 12-inning playoff game to decide the AL Central yesterday, but not without controversy. En route to his team’s 6-5 loss in the Metrodome, Tigers batter Brandon Inge took a pitch in the top of the 12th with the bases loaded that brushed up against his jersey, which legally counts toward a hit-by-pitch. Inge headed for first base, but was called back to the batter’s box by home plate umpire Randy Marsh. As one might guess, Mr. Inge was not pleased.
“I want a hit as much as the next guy, but when it’s that important, it hit my shirt,” Inge said of the first pitch he took from [Twins reliever Bobby] Keppel, thrown with the bases loaded and one out in the 12th inning. “I’m not going to lie.”[...]
“It hit my shirt, period,” Inge said. “I don’t lie about things like that. I’m not going to try to weasel my way on base.”
Tigers manager Jim Leyland immediately ran out of the dugout to challenge the call. Read the rest of this entry »
Noted Caucasian Jon Scheyer didn’t get called for traveling on this play over the weekend against Virginia Tech, which is amazing considering that the referees surely saw this play from the week before and thought, “Hey, maybe we should look out for that.” But then Coach K called them a cadre of bat-eating Jews or something and they got all freaked out and forgot about it. Or, maybe they just don’t give a shit about college basketball. And fellas, if that’s the case, we should really hang out and not watch college basketball sometime. I could use some real friends.
