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What Happened
In a heated battle between the Oakland Athletics and an unnamed opponent, the game is tied 0-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning with the bases loaded and two outs. San Diego Padres pitcher Blake Snell takes the mound, facing a high-pressure situation. Snell quickly falls behind 2-0 in the count, putting the hitter in a favorable position. As the tension builds, Snell struggles to find the strike zone, continuing to miss high with his pitches. The home plate umpire, however, calls a borderline 3-0 pitch a strike, much to the dismay of the Athletics dugout. Manager Mark Kotsay erupts, arguing vehemently that the pitch was clearly out of the zone. The umpire stands firm, and the count goes full. With the crowd on its feet, the hitter puts the ball in play, grounding out to second base to end the inning. Snell, relieved to escape the jam, celebrates on the mound, while Kotsay remains furious, believing the umpire's controversial strike call changed the course of the at-bat. As the next inning begins, the Athletics dugout continues to voice their displeasure, referencing the replay technology that confirms the umpire's mistake. Kotsay is ultimately ejected from the game, his frustration boiling over as he argues that the missed call was the team's "biggest chance" and the umpire "missed it." In the aftermath, the umpire defends his decision, saying he'll "keep calling it high" and show that the pitch was a strike, even though he admits he may be "biased." The players and fans are left to grapple with the impact of the disputed call, as the game continues with tensions high.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentBottom seven, tie game, bases loaded, two outs.
Huge moment in this battle of the bay.
Maybe the last one in the Coliseum.
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The first pitch from Snell was a ball inside.
Next, a ball up.
Not even really that close, to be honest with you.
2-0.
Okay, got ourselves in that bat.
This is a batter's pitch.
A hitter's pitch, they would say.
Not a batter's pitch, but usually you're in a fastball here.
You're going to be geared up to swing.
2-0.
He's got to find the zone.
He can't.
He's up.
He's up.
He's above the zone.
He's in.
3-0.
Take of all take signs.
Up again.
But the umpire says, nope, that's strike one.
And the A's are like, are you kidding me, dude?
Are you kidding me?
You just gave him a gift.
You know?
It's an old school thing for umpires to expand the zone.
3-0, 2-0, to keep it competitive.
And that shouldn't really happen.
I don't think he was doing it.
Oh, now he's found the zone.
Umpire let him back into the count.
Full count now.
The fans are up now.
They're clapping.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Full count.
Bases, juice.
Two outs.
Grounded a second.
Grabs it.
Fields it.
Fires.
Side.
Retired.
Yeah!
Snell is excited.
And the umpire get him back in the count.
Katsai's mad.
He's like, what?
What?
Now the next inning starts.
They go to commercial.
And the next pitch is thrown of the following inning.
And it's insane.
And I think at this point, the A's dugout, they got to the iPads and they saw the technology
and they saw that it was, yeah, it was a ball.
We were right.
Confirmed.
So they start really chirping at this point where everyone kind of pauses and then they
don't have a shot of it.
Why would they?
And the umpire, he just ejected Katsai from the dugout.
Again, no shot that I saw of it.
So now Katsai's going to come out.
You missed the biggest pitch of the game.
And you missed it.
You missed it.
That was our biggest chance.
Now you might be like, Jimmy, how do you know he says that?
You can see chance at the end.
Also, there were some hot mics, but you had to jam them up really loud in the headphones.
So it wouldn't make for a good video.
But he does say that was our biggest chance.
You missed it.
Now this next line, I understand the gist of it, but I couldn't put together the exact
words.
But he's basically saying like, how do you?
Call that 3-0 pitch.
It wasn't even close.
But here's a look.
I'll run through it slowly for you.
He's saying.
How do you not?
How do you not?
Or.
Oh, I just got it in live time.
I don't give a if it's a 3-0 pitch.
It wasn't even close.
That's what he says.
I just figured it out in live time.
You just saw me been been trying to get that sentence for a while.
Couldn't took, you know, it was like practice practice.
Slippery doesn't matter game time in between the whistles.
I just got it.
He says, I don't give a if it's a 3-0 pitch wasn't even close the whole at bat the whole
at bat.
He wasn't close.
So yeah, he kind of was missing high the whole at bat.
Then once he got that 3-0 pitch called a strike, then Snell found his own was like,
yeah, you know, I'm Scott my back.
I'll come through for him.
Long walk, long walk out of the Coliseum for an ejected manager in front of everyone to
a little bit of shame.
Umpire proud of himself.
He says, I'll just keep calling it high.
You know, that's what I'll do.
I'll show him that that is a strike.
Continue to call it.
Maybe I'll piss off both sides.
I swung at that one.
I would have called it though.
2-2.
Give me one high pitch.
Oh, there you go.
See strike.
I'm calling it both ways.
I am biased.
Everyone's mad at me now.
Yaz walks away like, oh, terrible, dude.
And yeah, maybe, maybe not your call.
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