Source: www.sbnation.com --- Sunday, October 15, 2017
In Sunday’s Say Hey, Baseball, we look at another controversial home plate call, a ball that got stuck in a wall, and the second anniversary of The Bat Flip. Sometimes you can recognize history when you're in the middle of it. And this year, we may just be in the middle of the playoffs of the controversial home plate call. Just a few days ago, the Cubs essentially advanced to the NLCS thanks to a blown call at the plate. And on Saturday night, they got to experience the other side of a controversial home plate call that lost them a game. In the seventh inning, which had already featured a Yasiel Puig solo home run to put the Dodgers up 4-2, Justin Turner hit a sharp grounder up the third base line, and Charlie Culberson tried to score from second base. Kyle Schwarber threw a bullet from shallow left field that was caught directly by catcher Willson Contreras . Culberson was coming into home plate just as the ball came in. And here's where we get the controversy: just before Contreras received the ball, he put his left leg directly over the plate. Culberson no longer had a clear path to the bag. Luckily for Contreras, Culberson tried to tag with his hand and he didn't slide into home with his feet toward the bag, so his plate-blocking leg stayed intact. The initial call was out, and technically, that's what happened. Contreras' leg was blocking the plate and Culberson couldn't tag. But the Dodgers challenged immediately — Dave Ro ...
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