tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874225243497612457.post1758237838052129300..comments2023-03-31T17:46:19.570-07:00Comments on You Suck Coco Crisp: To Err is Human; To Replay is Divine?Melanie Greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04473689178759768111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874225243497612457.post-78783060299311094292008-08-23T06:42:00.000-07:002008-08-23T06:42:00.000-07:00Stevie G said: One of my favorite stories about an...Stevie G said: One of my favorite stories about an umpire's controversial call is the one about the Mets' Cleon Jones being hit on the foot by a pitch during a crucial moment in the 1969 World Series. Here's how Mets' pitcher Jerry Koosman recalled it years later:<BR/><BR/>(In the 6th inning of Game #5 with the Orioles leading 3-0, umpires awarded Cleon Jones first base saying he was hit on the foot by a pitch. Donn Clendenon then homered bringing the Mets back to 3-2 in a game they’d go on to win 5-3, with Koosman pitching, winning the series.)<BR/><BR/>JK: "That baseball never hit Jones. The pitch bounced in the dirt and rolled into our dugout. Immediately (Mets' manager) Gil Hodges told me to pick up the ball and rub it on my shoe. I did and put a black shoe polish mark on it. Hodges in a split second grabbed the ball and ran out to the umpires arguing that the ball hit Jones and here was the mark to prove it. He sold the umpires on it, they gave Jones first base and that was a big play!. Some people call that cheating but that kind of stuff went on all the time in baseball." <BR/> <BR/>Now imagine if they had instant replay and it showed the ball missing Jones altogether. We would never have stories like this one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874225243497612457.post-24789033878932295672008-08-22T10:43:00.000-07:002008-08-22T10:43:00.000-07:00Instant replay in baseball? I'm moving to the wood...Instant replay in baseball? I'm moving to the woods. What next? Timed innings?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com