Ain't Baseball Great - SF's Molina homers but doesn't score!

[sbrylski]

http://sports.yahoo.com/m...gid=280926126&prov=ap

 

In the sixth, Molina lined the first pitch from Scott Proctor to the roof in right and the ball ricocheted onto the grass below. Molina stayed at first and Emmanuel Burriss rushed out to pinch run before anybody could stop him, while Bochy hustled out to argue. After a brief discussion, the umpiring crew headed to the replay booth in the hidden umpire room behind home plate.

 

After about two minutes, they returned and crew chief Tim Welke signaled the home run... ...the crew ruled Burriss had to stay in the game and he was credited for the run scored...

 

"Bochy wanted to reinsert Molina into the game but he doesn't get another bite at that. We know the rules. Once a pinch-runner touches a base he's in the game whether he's put in or not. Bochy wanted to protest the game. You can't go back and revisit history," [said crew chief Tim Welke]

[jeffy]

We know the rules. Once a pinch-runner touches a base he's in the game whether he's put in or not.

 

Hmm...do the rules allow a pinch runner to take over at first base on a home run?

[steve267268]

Replay is going to make things pretty crazy... to me, they should allow Molina back in the game because if they had gotten the HR call right in the first place then there would be no pinch runner. It's pretty logical don't you think?

[dadofandrew]

Note the lack of concern by the umpiring crew, who could have avoided the entire situation by simply calling time out loudly and clearly, thus making everything else null and void.

 

The complete inability to control a game is troubling, to say the least.