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Friday August 18: O's take on A's in the ruins of the Oakland Coliseum


SteveA

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Triple play upheld on a THREE part review from New York:

1) 1Bman DID keep his foot on the bag long enough to complete out #2.

2) There was no violation of the catcher blocking the plate rule

3) The runner was tagged before touching the plate.

Don't think I've ever seen a 3-parr review before.  #1 and #3 were obvious on replay, no way they would be overturned.  As for #2, who can say?  I don't really fully understand the rule so nothing would surprise me.

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