Yesterday it was Major League Baseball's turn. Here's what happened: The Braves were trailing 6-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and men on first and second when the batter hit a pop-up into shallow left field. Cardinals shortstop raced back to make the catch, but he suddenly ducked out of the way. The ball dropped untouched for an apparent single that loaded the bases. Except that at the last second the leftfield umpire signaled for the infield fly rule, which meant the batter was automatically out, taking the tying run off base and erasing one of the Braves' five remaining outs. Of course there is no way to know if the call really cost them the game, but this was a big game. The winner went to the playoffs and the loser went home. The umpires should have done a better job.
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