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March 13, 2006
posted under: World Baseball Classic

So yesterday I was watching the Japan vs. USA in the World Baseball Classic. Actually, I wasn’t watching it because ESPN chose to show college basketball and MLB.com wants $19.99 to watch the few remaining games online (bastards!), so what I was watching was the real-time game data. Anyway, in the eighth inning I swore I saw Japan go up 4-3 but then when I looked back it was again tied 3-3. Eventually the US won the game on a run batted in by Alex Rodriguez. Today I awake and read the news that run Japan scored on a sacrifice fly was ruled an out because the umpire said Tsuyoshi Nishioka left third base before the ball was caught. And now comes the video which clearly shows Nishioka did in fact tag up and the run should have stood. Deadspin has posted the video (with Japanese commentary), so take a look for yourself. Hurray for the USA?

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