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Grow the F*** up !!! A man and a woman in their 40's reaching for the ball when it could have been a crucial out for the Orioles.

Well, look at it this way. Encarnacion was going for third, and given that it was Reimold, and he was reaching in the stands, he would have gotten there.

That grounder to short would have scored him.

So...really, the fans prevented a run. Not that it's acceptable, but yes.

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Well, look at it this way. Encarnacion was going for third, and given that it was Reimold, and he was reaching in the stands, he would have gotten there.

That grounder to short would have scored him.

So...really, the fans prevented a run. Not thaqt it's acceptable, but yes.

I understand that, and fortunately it worked out for us .......... but it is still very annoying, particularly when our fans often still refer to/complain about the Jeffrey Maier incident back in '96.

Also, I don't think he was going to go for it on the tag-up, he was just bluffing to force Reimold to make a throw. Reimold was (relatively) close to third base at the time.

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I understand that, and fortunately it worked out for us .......... but it is still very annoying, particularly when our fans often still refer to/complain about the Jeffrey Maier incident back in '96.

Well, this situation's completely different in at least five ways, but yeah...I agree. It's annoying.

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