7/21/06
Tonight's game ended in the worst way ever. The first base umpire working the game made a horrible balk call while covering second base. After calling the balk, he moved over to first base to cover that position because he was not needed at second since that runner advanced to third. He had no idea that there was a runner on third, and his balk call scored the winning run for the Blue Sox. Not only could we not see any motion by the pitcher that might have lead to a balk call, but he wasn't even set. Even the home plate umpire couldn't believe that the call had been made. The fans and the other team were all silent, they didn't want to win that way either. We were completely surprised and speechless until the worst part happened, looking like he was appraoching the umpire at third to clariy, he just walked off the field and out of the stadium. Wendy regained her wit and yelled appropriately at the umps as they "ran away" from the field. We were only up one run and they had men at second and third with only one out in the ninth, so they had a great chance of winning the game. I don't mind that we lost, but that was NOT the way it should have ended and yet another example of how much the umps for the TCL are horrible!