I always forget about the 4th out appeal, until something like this comes up

i was flipping between the Broncos win and caught that awesome play. I hope they get this Wild Card wrapped up soon.

Well.

Why should we expect anything else from the Colorado Rockies?

Matt Holliday was out at the plate in the “play-in” game, and now this.

Sure, fine. Bring up the bad calls on the home runs. Whatever.

But the fact remains that the Rockies have now been given two games based on horrible calls on the last play of the game.

The Atlanta Braves are, by all rights, only down 1.5 games. But the paper standings won’t show it.

Huston Street blew the save. But on paper, it doesn’t show.

The simple truth is that the Rockies never earn anything. They never, ever win anything without controversy. They will always have one of these: * next to everything they do.

The Padres got jobbed, and now Atlanta/St. Louis.

Barmes KNOWS he didn’t catch the ball clean. He KNOWS it. If he had any sense of decency, he’d admit it straight out. But then, he’s a Rockie. Rockie player don’t play fair. They have zero sense of sportsmanship.

There are dumb comments from the DP commenters, and then there are comments that make me actually angry. “The Rockies never earn anything”? “Rockies players don’t play fair”? Isn’t it, like, well known that the Rockies have one of the most inviting and well-respected clubhouses in the sport? I’ve never heard a single player come to Colorado and say that he hated playing here. The Rockies, unlike this poster, are a class organization.

…gah, sometimes people make me unreasonably upset. I wonder if he/she is a pissed off Padres or Cardinals fan?

The ‘fourth out’ rule raised its ugly head against Arizona in a game earlier this year against the Dodgers.

Andre Ethier was at third base, Juan Pierre at second, and with one out, Randy Wolf lined out to pitcher Dan Haren, who threw to second baseman Felipe Lopez, who tagged out Pierre off second base for the apparent third out of the inning.

But by the time Pierre was erased, Ethier had crossed the plate. The D-backs left the field without making a play on Ethier at third base, which would have been the fourth out of the inning.

But as the teams changed sides, plate umpire Larry Vanover walked over to third-base umpire Charlie Reliford, apparently to discuss the play, which Dodgers bench coach Bob Schaefer pointed out to manager Joe Torre, who went out to appeal.

After an umpire huddle, Vanover ruled that the Ethier run counted, even though Ethier had not tagged up, because there was no appeal at third base. Even though a play at third on Ethier would have been the fourth out of the inning, it would have taken precedence over the third out because it would have erased a run.

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bottom of the 9th, some important game, scored tied…

bases loaded, no one out, shot to the gap in right.

right fielder makes a spectacular diving catch.

runners on first and second had taken off…

throw back to the infield, outs recorded on both baserunners – 3 outs!!!

oops, runner at 3rd had tagged and crossed the plate before the final out was recorded

run counts, game over – winning run scores on a triple play!!!!

or not – losing team appeals that the runner on third left the base too soon….

i’m totally serious here, how could you make this up…

the appeal literally went to castro – and i can’t remember how he ruled – not that it matters…

triple play, winning run scores, quadruple play – either way, it’s something that could only happen in baseball!!!