Oh boy, here we go again with one of those “the batter is out because he ran inside the baseline which means he got in the way of the throw so interference” calls.
Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner ran to first in a dropped third strike situation, but umpires called him out because they through he blocked the throw to first. Sounds familiar? Remember what happened in the 2019 World Series with … Trea Turner?
Manager Davey Martinez was irate, and I say rightfully so! Turner didn’t look like he was running anywhere inside the baseline here. So Martinez came out, argued his case, was thrown out … and then took out first base and furiously slammed it and kicked it:
Davey Martinez has had enough with these umpires pic.twitter.com/6MVQEEbWTv
— OPT (@OPTNats) May 20, 2021
Can someone tell me how Trea Turner is supposed to run to 1st here? Because he was called out for runner interference. pic.twitter.com/SETvzgwNXh
— ZSG (@wagner_seymour) May 20, 2021
It reminded a lot of people of then Pittsburgh Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon in 2001:
And here’s Martinez’s rant after the game:
Davey Martinez was not happy about Trea Turner being called out for running out of the baseline after the game. 😳 pic.twitter.com/3NHUZa5W1e
— Nationals on MASN (@masnNationals) May 20, 2021
Davey Martinez's full postgame rant on Trea Turner being called out for running out of the baseline for the third time in 19 months: pic.twitter.com/pgwp8TikNB
— Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) May 20, 2021
He’s right. What do you do here? Maybe make a rule change?
