No, he was not. The east side of the city of St. Louis is downtown. Chase is talking about the East Side which is the collection of Illinois hamlets right across the Mississippi from downtown. Due to Illinois' liberal "titties and beer" laws, the East Side provides St. Louisans (who are subject to Missouri's more…

The melody of the SSB is an old drinking song from the British Isles. Maybe that's why it's so hard to sing sober?

How about this one?

Nope.

The dead horse, it is beaten. Christ. Move on.

Sox fan, I agree. I was pissed at Salty for throwing to third, not at the umpire. That's an obvious call. It was shocking to see how many baseball fans don't know the rules.

Ah.

I'm rooting for the Sox, and I think it was obstruction *because the rule book says so*. A friend of mine is also rooting for the Sox. Middlebrooks could have riddled Craig with bullets, and my friend would have said, "What's the big deal?" You can't really argue with a homer. They will argue for their team despite…

Its refreshing to see people who actually understand the rule ams why it was applied. Well done.

Rule 7.09 has nothing to do with this play as it refers to a runner going to first base interfering with the catcher, which is the opposite of what was called and exists to give catchers a fair chance at fielding a drag bunt. The rule that was enforced was 7.06

It's pretty rare that you get an ending to a ball game that gives both fanbases what they love the most. St. Louis fans got to see their team win because the other team did something the wrong way and Red Sox fans get something to bitch about.

The called strike was obviously a poor call. Like, obviously.