Pirates Get Robbed by the Ump

Ladies and Gentlemen, when it comes to the instant replay debate, I now give you the new exhibit A in the case of the People that make Sense vs. the idiots who run Major League Baseball. The Pirates and the Braves were involved in an epic game last night/this morning in which they basically played two games and some change. The game went on to go 19 whole innings and maybe it should've gone 20. It was tied 3-3 and Scott Proctor of the Braves hit a grounder to third and his teammate on third, Julio Lugo, decided to try and come home for the win. Pedro Alvarez for the Pirates threw it home to Michael McKenry and he tagged Lugo out by a mile. It was now 2 outs in the 19th and runners on... wait, he was called safe? Jerry Meals, the home plate umpire, called Lugo safe even though Lugo was clearly out by two miles. The Braves won in a blunder walk-off call, 4-3.

I thought Josh Hamilton eyes were bad. How could Jerry miss this call? Hellen Keller could've made that call. It wasn't even close like the Jim Joyce mistake a year ago. I bet Joyce is sending Jerry a gift basket for taking the "worst call ever" spot. MLB needs to seriously consider... you know what? They just need to expand instant replay. There is no excuse anymore. That NL Central race is too close for Pirates to lose one like this. If they are out of October by one game, they should be citing this in front of Bud Selig.

P.S. I don't think Clint Hurdle done screaming.