Was Alec Bohm safe on a slide into home that ended up being the game-winning run on a sac fly that led to a Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night?
According to umpires and a replay review, he was. Phillies manager Joe Girardi thought Bohm’s big toe touched the corner of the plate.
Since the game ended, however, MLB fans have pored over the replays themselves and … yeah, it doesn’t look like any part of Bohm’s cleat ended up touching home.
Yes, this is just how it is with umpires and we have to accept that. It was a bang-bang play that could have gone either way, and the evidence the umps saw might not have been definitive enough to overturn the call.
But check these out and see if you agree it should have been overturned:
Dear plate,
I miss you.
Warmly,
Alec Bohm pic.twitter.com/jInim2Yy7Z
— Wes Blankenship (@Wes_nship) April 12, 2021
How do you all Alec Bohm safe on this???? pic.twitter.com/7XSW0C0ewW
— Ben Porter (@Ben13Porter) April 12, 2021
24 hours ago, MLB went to replay and called this a double. They botched a Winker home run the day before. Michael Conforto threw his elbow at a a strike and nothing happened. Now Bohm? This is a bad, bad look. pic.twitter.com/jAx45ynmqs
— Fuzzy (@fuzzyfromyt) April 12, 2021
Another look at Alec Bohm’s play at the plate that was ruled safe and upheld pic.twitter.com/FiTQ9Vhexy
— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) April 12, 2021
Yeah … um. No wonder you have people like ESPN’s Buster Olney saying stuff like this:
It's important that MLB come out today with a statement saying the pivotal review in ATL last night was incorrect. There is no evidence that Alec Bohm touched home plate. None.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) April 12, 2021
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