Umpire Marty Foster Hates The Rays: Blows Another Call, Ejects Maddon
by Rick Chandler
I usually don’t get fired up over umpire miscues — these things have a way
of evening out over the course of a (too long) season. But when the same
umpire comically screws a team twice over a one-month span, it bears scrutiny.
So umpire Marty Foster has a history with the Tampa Bay Rays and manager Joe
Maddon. Back in early April, Foster uncorked a ludicrous strike-three call on
the Rays’ Ben Zobrist to end the game with the Rangers — a 5-4 Texas
victory (see video below). There was a runner on first at the time and Joe
Nathan was leaking oil, but got the gift. In fact, he got three — none of
Nathan’s pitches in the at-bat were strikes, but three were called by Foster.
Foster said after that game:
“I saw the pitch and, of course I don’t have the chance to do it again, but
if I did, I wouldn’t call that pitch a strike. Joe was not violent. Joe was
very professional. He was frustrated and I understand. He acted probably the
best he can under that situation.”
Joe was not so understanding today.
It’s Rays vs. Blue Jays, with Foster again behind the plate. Bottom of the
second, no outs and a runner on third for the Rays, down 1-0. Jose Molina
bunts on a safety squeeze attempt, which first baseman Edwin Encarnacion
scoops and throws home. Rays’ runner Sean Rodriguez seems to avoid the tag
of catcher J.P. Arencibia, sliding his fingers over the plate to tie the
game. But no — Foster calls him out. A look at the photo above shows the
call was wrong.
Maddon freaks. Is ejected. Twitter reacts.
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快速翻：上次那個比海寬的好球帶裁判Marty Foster又對光芒誤判了，
誤判後又把Maddon驅逐出場。
影片：http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26919011
來源：http://ppt.cc/WxS6(內有誤判圖片的真相)
回顧:http://tinyurl.com/d273nat
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