Everyone said the same thing about brutal call during Rangers-Tigers game

The Texas Rangers on Monday hosted the Detroit Tigers for the opener of a three-game series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

With the score tied 1-1, Rangers outfielder Leody Tavares led off the bottom of the 7th inning against Tigers reliever Beau Brieske. Tavares worked a full count and kept his at-bat alive by fouling off several close pitches.

Brieske’s 10th pitch of the at-bat, which appeared to be well below the zone, was called a strike by home plate umpire Tom Hanahan. Tavares, the home fans, and even Rangers broadcast announcer Dave Raymond couldn’t believe the call.

All three outs in the half-inning were made via a called third strike. The Tigers scored a run in the 8th and shut out the Rangers the rest of the way for a 2-1 win.

The bad call had a few fans thinking Hernandez was still behind the plate calling balls and strikes.

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Red Sox 3B coach played role in ending Boston’s 2011 postseason hopes

Kyle Hudson played in just 14 Major League Baseball games, but he played a pivotal role in one of the Boston Red Sox’ notorious losses during the final regular-season game of 2011.

Hudson, now Boston’s third base coach, was playing for the Orioles after being recalled by Baltimore as part of its September call-ups. On Sept. 28, 2011 with the Red Sox one out away from the postseason and up by a run with Jonathan Papelbon on the mound, Chris Davis doubled to right field to put the tying run in scoring position. The Orioles pinch-ran Hudson for Davis.

Nolan Reimold hit a ground-rule double, which scored Hudson from second, to tie the game. The Orioles eventually went on to win and ended Boston’s postseason hopes.

“I remember a lot about that night,” Hudson said during his appearance on MassLive’s “Fenway Rundown” podcast on Monday. “I remember that I didn’t do much at all. … Nolan Reimold hit a ground-rule double where I scored the tying run. So I didn’t even really have to do anything. I could have walked to home plate if I needed to.

“… It was a crazy night. There was a rain delay and we were watching other games,” he later added. “We knew what was at stake and we were kind of using that as as our World Series, in a sense, because we knew if we beat the Red Sox there was gonna be a chance that they weren’t gonna make the playoffs and so we were trying everything we could to do that.”