I'll say it. Feels weird pulling for damn Arkansas...

Well that was a college version of bill Buckner. What a screw up on a foul ball. Don't recall ever seeing a ball drop between 3 players with so much on the line.


Dr. B

Gut Wrenching. Wouldn’t surprise me if Arkie got blown out tomorrow.

That's it. Arky was given every opportunity to win the dang ball game.

2nd baseman (Shaddy?) blew it on the foul ball, IMO. He tried to be the hero and called the others off, then overran the dang ball. Should have been the right fielder's play. Would have been a fairly routine catch for him.

I don't know why the RF didn't call everybody off. It's his ball if he calls it. He ended up being right there and was closest to the ball when it hit the ground anyway. Shaddy had the toughest play of all of them to get there and was hustling to make the play and just overran it.

That one will be tough to bounce back from, but OSU is out of pitching.

At the time Shaddy called it, the RF was still a good ways from it. Shaddy had a better angle than 1B, so it was his until RF calls him off. RF probably didn’t call him off because he figured he was gonna be camped under it since he called for it. Total cluster.

Hopefully, that will be the difference. But, Arky hasn't exactly ripped the cover off the ball in the first two games. They've been very, very fortunate to have gotten most of the runs they've scored thus far in the championship series. Maybe they can get back to the form they used in the first 3 games tonight.

Looked like the arky 2nd baseman may have had some money riding on osu...just sayin.

I might be wrong but wasnt it Shaddy (2nd baseman) who drove in the go ahead run. He had a long run and a terrible location for him to get to from 2nd and he simply overran the ball, that or it had some back spin on it and it drifted on him. Either way, the blame lies squarely on the RF IMO. RF had the best angle with the ball in front of him, the whole time with him coming in on it. He should have called everyone off once he saw he was going to be able get there in time to make the play. I know Cronin the Arky pitcher, he's from Navarre. He played with and against my oldest son in travel from the time they were 10 an also in high school. That had to have melted him down to watch a ball like that fall in between the three of them. He got the out he needed against a very dangerous, good hitting team and his guys did not make the play. Anytime you give people extra swings, you are flirting with danger.

I didn't know if there was a "seniority" for calling for a foul ball. Does the outfielder usually get preference, if he calls for it?

Outfield is suppose to get that ball if he can because he is coming in to the ball as oppose to running after the ball.

That's how we were taught.

Yep, told the wife when it happened it was going to bite the Hogs in the azz...

RF was playing deep and toward cf, long run to make the play on the foul ball. I would have to see it again but the 1st baseman was two steps from being there when Shaddy ran right by him. I think he would have caught it if Shaddy doesn't fly by.

The RF has priority over the 1B and 2B, 2B has priority over 1B on those batted balls. Meaning if RF calls it 1B and 2B get out of his way. If 2B calls it, 1B gets out of the way. If more than one call it, the priority system takes over. Most high school players learn this, some even sooner. I believe what happened is 2B called it but overran it and RF wasn't sure he would get there. That is fundamental baseball that shouldn't have happened, but If Arky wins tonight, no one will remember that play next week. If they lose however, it goes down as one of the greatest Billy Buckner moments in baseball.

Arkansas bats have gone cold on them

Gotta suck to be an Arky fan.

If someone don't kick them in the butt,Arky's done...

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