If there’s a team that understands the plight that bad umpiring causes, it’s the Padres.
Fans remember Mark Langston getting squeezed in Game 1 of the 98’ World Series. 5-5 tie, bottom of the 7th and the bases loaded. Langston throws this pitch.
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It was called a ball. Every San Diegan was stunned. The next pitch, Tino Martinez hits a Grand Slam and the Yankees won 9-6. It changed the entire series.
There was game 163, where Matt Holliday did not touch home plate.