I think the incident fired up this team. First with CTW getting himself ejected, reminding this team who they are. And second with AVA being the spark, getting us out of the inning and giving us a chance. And third, Korbe breaking out of her slump with a walk off, monster grand slam home run off a pitcher who was having her way with us.
Bri Ellis is the best hitting softball player I have ever seen. I think I would walk her even if the bases were loaded....Greatest ending to a game since since Jordan Matthews walked off A&M.
It was a helluva game! Kudos to the crowd that stayed to the end. They'll be talking about it for years.
Are you allowed to say that? What if Walton's parents read this forum? (but I agree 100%, as did most fans sitting around me)
Great point! I guess sitting for 35 minutes in the hot sun watching three clowns dressed in Blue reading a book on the field zapped my brain. Seems like Aric Thomas has some 'splaining to do when he sees CTW.
Obviously (to me): rules are to cover the actions of the players and coaches, not the umpires. So, there was no guidance to reference when the ump FUBAR'd that call. It's one thing to miss a call; and quite another to stop the game in the middle of a legal play. I'm convinced that somebody, somewhere in HQUMP pulled an opinion out of their butt, just to get the game underway again. Maybe there will be a rule created now - the, "Oops, my name is (that ump) and I'm a blind dumbass" rule.
ESPN just did a story on the game. Showed all the highlights including the ejection. Said the ruling was incorrect. It was great.
Really? The dead ball call was obviously wrong, but my understanding of an incorrect dead ball call on a batter is they get the next base at the time of the call but no more. All forced runners advance. Perhaps there should be do overs but that would take a rule change. At the time the ball was declared dead, the batter had put the ball in play, it was a fair ball, and the batter was running to first. An inadvertently killed live fair ball always puts the batter on first. I think the only possible reason it took Birmingham 35 minutes to figure this out is that they were busy watching Final Four. What did ESPN say should have happened?
