Celebrating to soon - TWICE!!

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Tie game with 3 minutes left in an 1:45 time limit game.

2 out with R3.

 

BR hits one in to the outfield and the "winning" run scores. He makes it to first and the celebration starts.. But wait... there is still time left.  Runner who is jumping around with his team mates his tagged out for the 3rd out.  New inning starts after the 3rd out is recorded.

 

Visitors score one at the top of the next inning to tie it up.

 

Home team comes to bat and first guy up, first pitch, spanks one over the outfielders head and it rolls all the way to the fence. He's racing around the bases and is coming home for a walk off home run and the celebration starts!!!  But wait... he missed home plate!  3rd base coach is yelling for him to touch home plate but too late.  Catcher tags him for the out!!  3rd base coach knows he missed it, 1st base coach makes a VERY weak attempt to get a safe call and admits he missed it.  Little kids watching by the fence see he missed it.  Parents in the stands are FREAKING out.  NO! NO! He touched it!! 3rd base coach shakes his head "no" and the visitors retire the next two batters. 

 

Tie score so it's an extra inning tie breaker.  Visitors get 5 and home team gets 4.  It's all over but the crying.

 

They had it won TWICE...  Lesson learned (I hope)

[umpire_scott]

Wow that is horrendous coaching to be that far off regarding the time and have their kids thinking it was a walk-off situation.

[DVA7130]

The umpire lost.

Two extra innings ..

[stl_ump]

The umpire lost.

Two extra innings ..

 

You got THAT right.  Started our second game 1/2 hour late. BUT... next game was a mercy rule and got that over 37 minutes early.  Se we netted 7 minutes to the good.