Last night, Major League Baseball umpire Tim Welke managed to make what would have to be considered one of the worst calls in the history of the game.
In the top of the sixth inning, Welke somehow decided that Colorado Rockies’ first baseman Todd Helton was close enough to the bag to call Jerry Hairston of the Los Angeles Dodgers out.
The problem?
Helton’s foot was a good 2-3 feet off the bag.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly came out to protest, as Welke’s call put an abrupt end to the sixth, but it was to no avail.
It was apparent after the game that Welke knew he had screwed up, as an attendant at the umpire’s room said that the umpires wouldn’t be commenting on the play.
“It really doesn’t matter at this point,” Mattingly told reporters after the game. “I think he knows he missed it. I think Helton told him he was off the bag. We had a chance to get a run there. I just don’t think he realized he came off the bag.”
For those of us here in Baltimore, the Jeffrey Maier incident will always be the worst call in baseball history, but this idiotic play would have to be a close second.
This is why baseball needs instant replay.
Check it out below.
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