Excellent clarification from Meals, you can't ask for much more from an umpire than that. Completely understandable missed call. Like Aytumious just noted, after 19 innings, & at game speed, any poster who's claiming this to be some terrible call is just kidding him/herself. I disagree completely. Sure, the swipe tag is never a good idea in a situation like that, but it is damn obvious that he was out in real time. It's baffling to me so many people are coming to the defense of Meals. It's a blown call, period. I don't get how that's excellent clarification either. Don't you think Meals probably watched the replay after the game? "I'm guessing he might have got him." At least take responsibility and say "Yeah, I didn't see the tag applied when it happened, but it definitely looks like I missed the call." Like a lot of people I don't see the Pirates as legit contenders come September, but it shouldn't matter. This was a bad call.