July 19, 2007
The Rare Call
The Tigers and Twins are tied at three in the bottom of the ninth. Morneau was at third when Seay throws a pitch that Rabelo can't handle. It goes to the backstop but bounces back to the catcher. Morneau is halfway between third and home, and starts back to the base. The throw to third hits him in the shoulder and bounds to the outfield, and Justin looks like he scores the winning run.
But the ump called interference. Morneau turned his shoulder to deflect the ball, and the ump caught him. He's out, and the game goes to extra innings.
Correction: Sorry, that happened in the eighth, not the ninth. The game, however, is going to extra innings.
Instead of saying that "Justin looks like he scores the winning run," you should note that Guillen picked up the deflected ball and threw Morneau out at the plate, so that he wouldn't have scored anyway.