Bad call, legitimate victory. The Cards won fair and square.

During the first ever National League Wild Card game, the umpires blew a big call during an important situation in the eighth inning.  See for yourself:

First off, that was a horrible call.   I know that the infield fly rule can be called even when the play is not in the infield.  Still, the ball was hit so far into the outfield, that there was no chance the baserunners could be duped into a double play.  How do we know?

Friday Fathomings

Tonight, Larry Jones Jr. will play what might be--what I hope will be--his last MLB game.  All season long, opposing teams have have honored him with tributes and gifts during his "farewell tour."

Well, OSITF will be no different.  In honor of the future hall of famer, here is my personal favorite highlight featuring Larry:

#LOLROCKIES, or #ROXFAIL

It is perfectly fitting for this year's Rockies season that they lost consecutive games this week by a score of 1-0, where the only runs scored were unearned (meaning they happened because of defensive errors).  Take a look:



So, even when the Rockies are kinda good (giving up less than a dozen runs), they are still not really good at all.  The year of the fail continues.