The questionable call was ruling baserunner Chase Utley safe. Joe Torre explained at a press conference afterward that Utley was called safe even though he never touched second base because he was never tagged out either after shortstop Ruben Tejada missed stepping on the base with the ball. The play was then ruled dead after Utley was initially called out and ran off the field. Joe said if a Mets player had tagged him afterward with the ball then Utley would have been called out. I can sort of understand that, it's like a play at home plate where a catcher never tags the runner and the runner misses home plate, the runner isn't out either. But in that case there is no call by the umpire which lets both teams know the play is still ongoing. In last night's game because Utley was incorrectly called out at second base, there was no reason for another Mets infielder to tag him with the ball. Utley was already called out, why tag him with the ball again? And by the time the play was overturned, it was already dead and too late to tag him out.

[Edited 10/11/15 11:55am]

Today's games and starting pitchers:

AL DIVISION SERIES:

KANSAS CITY ROYALS VS. HOUSTON ASTROS

Kansas City (Edinson Volquez, 13-9, 3.55 ERA) at Houston (Dallas Keuchel, 20-8, 2.48 ERA), 4:00 pm ET, MLBN

TORONTO BLUE JAYS VS. TEXAS RANGERS

Toronto (Marco Estrada, 13-8, 3.13 ERA) at Texas (Martin Perez, 3-6, 4.46 ERA), 8:00 pm ET, FS1/SNET

Texas and the cowboys playing the same day! Hello traffic!

ALDS Game 3: HOU 4, KC 2

W: Dallas Keuchel (1-0, 1.29 ERA)

L: Edinson Volquez (0-1, 4.76 ERA)

ALDS Game 3: TOR 5, TEX 1

W: Marco Estrada (1-0, 1.42 ERA)

L: Martin Perez (0-1, 7.20 ERA)

Empress said:

And by the way......Harold McReynolds is an ignorant fu*k. He has no place calling the game when he knows nothing about it outside of his own little world.

What did Harold Reynolds say that was so bad? I missed the broadcast.

sexton said:

sexton said:

Chase Utley suspended for the next two playoff games, wow.

That's messed up. I hope he his appeal overturns the decision.

How about those Astros! We were at Game 3 and it was INCREDIBLE. It was louder than the World Series game I went to (although the 'Stros were down in the Series 3-0, so that might have had something to do with that).

Astros leading 3-2 in the bottom of the 7th as I type this. GO ASTROS!

hifidelity67 said:

He did what you do, prevent the play, great job dude. Suspended? f that that's bs.

I disagree. That wasn't a slide. He came in on his knees. I don't have any problem with Utley targeting him, but coming in on his knees like that was over the line. Even though he wasn't trying to hurt him, I agree with that.

Empress said:

sexton said:

What did Harold Reynolds say that was so bad? I missed the broadcast.

-------He said Canadians aren't used to catching foul balls because we don't play a lot of baseball in Canada. What an imbecile.

Ah yes, I see it's all over the news now:

RodeoSchro said:

hifidelity67 said:

He did what you do, prevent the play, great job dude. Suspended? f that that's bs.

I disagree. That wasn't a slide. He came in on his knees. I don't have any problem with Utley targeting him, but coming in on his knees like that was over the line. Even though he wasn't trying to hurt him, I agree with that.

Right, it's never a "great job" when the other player's leg gets broken.

NLDS Game 3: CHI 8, STL 6

W: Jake Arrieta (1-0, 6.35 ERA)

L: Michael Wacha (0-1, 8.31 ERA)

NLDS Game 3: NYM 13, LAD 7

W: Matt Harvey (1-0, 3.60 ERA)

L: Brett Anderson (0-1, 18.00 ERA)

hifidelity67 said:

No diff than a runner slamming the catcher coming home to score to get him to drop the ball.. accidents happen. If a legs broke or a shoulders separated or your knocked out unconcious etc noone wants ppl to get hurt intentionally but shit happens. Dodgers got their asses handed to em tonight ugly.

But you can't slam into the catcher any more. They changed that rule a couple years ago, and now players have to slide.

I have no problem with Utley trying to break up the double play, and I'm sure he didn't go into that with an intention to hurt Tejada.

But he didn't slide. The unwritten rule is, you have to slide. You don't see players barrelling into the shortstop like they used to do to the catcher. They slide. They keep their spikes down, but they silde.

Utley didn't slide.

I stopped watching baseball more than a decade ago...............but I'll always be a Cubs fan.

It would be great 2 see them pull it off this year.

After all, this was predicted in the movie Back 2 the Future II.

Cubs WIN, Cubs WIN, Cubs WIN!

Today's games and starting pitchers:

NL DIVISION SERIES:

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS VS. CHICAGO CUBS

St. Louis (John Lackey, 13-10, 2.77 ERA) at Chicago (Jason Hammel, 10-7, 3.74 ERA), 4:30 pm ET, TBS

LOS ANGELES DODGERS VS. NEW YORK METS

Los Angeles (Clayton Kershaw, 16-7, 2.13 ERA) at New York (Steven Matz, 4-0, 2.27 ERA), 8:00 pm ET, TBS

Our dumba** governor tweeted out congratulations to the Astros for winning the ALDS when the Astros were up 6-2. Then, of course, we lost. What does our esteemed governor do? Does he admit his mistake? Say, "Ooops, sorry. My bad"?

No.

He tries to use his OTHER Twitter account to say that no one should follow the account that made the pre-emptory congratulations post.

Except that FIRST account is his official Governor of Texas account.

What a doofus.

Game 5 baby!!

This made me laugh, and for once not AT the Mets but WITH the Mets!

NLDS Game 4: CHI 6, STL 4

W: Trevor Cahill (1-0, 3.38 ERA)

L: Kevin Siegrist (0-1, 9.00 ERA)

NLDS Game 4: LAD 3, NYM 1

W: Clayton Kershaw (1-1, 2.63 ERA)

L: Steven Matz (0-1, 5.40 ERA)

hifidelity67 said:

That's what I'm talking about way to go Dodgers