Blue Jays fans ask ‘what just happened’ after strike call

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Perhaps if the umpire had worn a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform, as some fans believe, the Toronto Blue Jays would have known what they were up against.

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Following baseball protocol or not, that was the sentiment among Blue Jays fans across the country on the matter. a strange and controversial Monday night play in Game 3 of the World Series.

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In the top of the second inning, the Jays faced a scenario in which the umpire not only called the fourth ball a strike instead, but his delay in doing so ultimately cost the Jays a base runner.

Sure enough, Blue Jays reliever Daulton Varsho seemed to think it was a ball and began heading toward first base due to a delayed call from umpire Mark Wegner. Finally, after at least two full seconds had passed, he called it a strike.

– Bro, what just happened? placed Boston's 10th man on the X, adding that “the umpire made his call too late…so unfair to the Blue Jays.”

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Blue Buds 34 wrote: “Mark Wegner should never be allowed to umpire an MLB game again. A ball a foot over the plate goes from two outs and no outs to one out and no one out. Absolutely disgusting.”

Greek Bearing Gifts posted a photo of Lt. Frank Drebin (played by Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen). Naked gun famous for the words “the man behind the plate”.

SCHNEIDER Furious at the call

Although it was comical, no one in Blue Jays nation was laughing. Especially Blue Jays manager John Schneider, who was on Fox Sports between innings and tore a stripe off the umpire. Everyone watching knew the Jays could exploit this potential run. In such a tense game, when all the balls matter, every scoring chance matters. And every exit. You want it to be fair.

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Somewhere in the confusion, Varsho dropped his bat as if it were a ball, and Bo Bichette, who was on first base, ran to second. The problem was that the ball was called a ball and the Dodgers threw to first to hit Bichette.

It was a strange play.

“Very late call, very deliberate,” Schneider told Fox Sports, adding that he advised the referee not to delay so long and let the players decide the game.

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But Blue Jays fans in Canada and the United States agreed with Schneider. At Dodger Stadium, the groans of about 2,000 Blue Jays fans could be heard. My friend Noah Godfrey is at the game and said Jays fans are doing their best to cheer on a stadium filled with tens of thousands of Dodgers fans.

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“Let’s go, Blue Jays,” was heard from time to time. And they certainly reacted when the referee made that crazy call. But not as loud as the rest of the country watching on TV or listening to the radio.

Although most agree Bichette made a mistake and should have been more careful and made sure it was the ball before going to second. This was a big mistake on the part of the judge.

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“It's nothing like I've ever seen before,” Chris Leroux said on the radio show with Ben Shulman. This is a guy from Montreal who played for the Florida Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees.

It was a strange play. Everyone seemed to know it was a ball except Wegner.

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“Playing against the Dodgers is hard enough, let alone playing against the umpires.” Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley wrote in X.

The result is one hell of a baseball game in a World Series classic that seems destined to go deeper. I hope it's not the judges' decision.

But one thing the call seemed to do was galvanize the Jays as they briefly took the lead thanks to some tough play and a homer. Alejandro Kirk.

Here's the thing about a ball being kicked out of bounds: It doesn't matter what the umpire thinks about it.

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