Just when you thought the 2009 postseason umpiring couldn't get any worse, Tim McClelland goes ahead and makes what ends up as the worst call — or non-call —  of all time.

你從沒想過2009季後賽的裁判會判出這樣糟糕的誤判, Tim McClelland首先在季後賽裡犯了一個嚴重的誤判

Yes, you read that right. The worst call of all time. Not just this postseason. Not this entire season. Not this decade. Not this century. I challenge you to think of one that was worse.

我想你因該也知道,"最糟糕的誤判".不光只是季後賽,整個球季,或是棒球界,我建議你去想想最嚴重的誤判是...

At this point, not even Kanye West could interrupt to suggest something worse after McClelland left the entire baseball universe shaking its head at his work during the Yankees' 10-1 victory over the Angels in Game 4 of the ALCS. 

就光這一點,在與洋基與天使10比1的第4場美聯冠軍賽裡,甚至之後的Kanye West 去向McClelland誤判而提出申訴

To recap: With one out in the top of the fifth inning, New York's Nick Swisher(notes) hit a ground ball back to Darren Oliver(notes). The Angels pitcher immediately threw home and Jorge Posada(notes) was caught in a rundown as he tried to score from third.

5局上半1人出局,Swishe擊出滾地球擊到投手Darren Oliver投手快速地回傳本壘  並抓到從三壘回本壘得分的Posada

 Watch the play here

As catcher Mike Napoli(notes) chased Posada, Robinson Cano(notes) did the right thing and moved from second to third on the play. But when Napoli finally neared Posada at third, he noticed that Cano was — for some unknown reason — standing flatfooted a few feet off the base. Napoli alertly tagged Cano and then turned back to tag out Posada, who was experiencing a similar lapse of judgment on the other side of the bag and foul line.

當天使的捕手Mike Napoli 抓Posada和Cano時Mike在2壘及3壘間做了一件美麗防守的表現.但是當捕手Napoli在三壘時夾殺Posada,他注意到Cano 也在那裡...由於一些不明確的原因  Cano的腳好像沒有踩在壘包上. Napoli很機警的先用手套碰觸Cano然後再回去抓Posada 而Posada的對壘包界內及界內經驗判斷似乎也出錯

 PS:第五局裁判的錯誤則更為明顯，在二、三壘有跑者時，天使隊夾殺三壘跑者波沙達，二壘跑者坎諾已跑到三壘旁，卻未踩壘。天使隊在逼波沙達回三壘時，發現坎諾未站在三壘，於是先觸殺坎諾，再觸殺也不在壘包的波沙達。

In a few dumbfounding seconds, it looked like Cano and Posada had joined Dale Berra and Bobby Meacham on the short and embarrassing list of duos to be tagged out by the same defender. But McClelland, despite standing just a few feet away and having the entire debacle right in front of him, only ruled Posada was out. Cano was welcome to third.

在錯愕了幾秒鐘, Cano和Posada看似好像被同一個防守員觸殺出局 "依棒球規則，這應該已經完成雙殺，但三壘審麥克雷蘭德（Tim McClelland）判定波沙達出局，坎諾留在三壘。他依據的可能是規則7.03，但是這個規則應是坎諾站上三壘才生效，而當時被觸殺的兩人都不在壘包上。"

Why McClelland possibly decided that Cano was safe despite not touching the bag until after being tagged is beyond this galaxy's rules of logic and it sent Angel Stadium into a bloodthirsty frenzy. There are simply no words for the ruling, other to say that one of the five other umpires should've offered his assistance, McClelland shouldn't ump another game in this series and that it's time for Bud Selig to stop being stubborn and expand the use of instant replay in baseball past disputed home run calls.

這就是裁判McClelland決定Cano是safe儘管他沒有碰到壘包(依據galaxy規則)也因為這樣整個天使球迷沒辦法接受.這裡似乎沒有任何發是去解釋這個規則,換句話說除了本壘裁判其他的裁判在當時因該提供點意見.McClelland不該再這比賽裡繼續執法  這也是一個很好的機會對大聯盟總裁 Bud Selig不要在那麼固執不用錄影帶重播來重新檢視誤判

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Here's what our own Steve Henson, Tim Brown and Jose Mota had to say about it.

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Simply put, this shouldn't be happening, especially only one day after it looked like the 2009 postseason had turned the corner with two superb endings in both LCS games. 

簡單來說,這種誤判不因該被發生  特別是2009季後賽這樣重樣的比賽裡 但卻發生對天使最不利的重要比賽裡

Here's what McClelland had to say about the play after the game:

以下是McClelland對比賽說的內容

"On the play with Cano and Posada, I thought Cano was on the base. I was waiting for two players to be on the base, and when there was never the situation where both of them were on the base at the same time. When he tagged Cano, I thought Cano was on the base, and when Jorge touched the base and continued and tagged Posada out, I thought Posada was out ...

在Cano和Posada被判出局的那局裡,我以為Cano有踩到壘包.我當時正在等待兩位選手同時到達壘包,但從來也沒有發生過這樣的情況就是兩個選手同時戰在壘包上.當天使捕手觸碰Cano,我認為Cano已經觸碰到壘包,然後Posada接著才碰到壘包  但Posada事先被捕手先觸到才碰到壘包,所以我認為Posada出局

"(The replay) showed that Cano was off the bag when he was tagged. I did not see that for whatever reason ...  I'm just out there trying to do my job and do it the best I can." 

(重播畫面) 顯示Cano是離開壘包當他被觸殺之前...我當時並沒有看到   我只是想把我的工作做到最好

That McClelland's mistake was minimized by the subsequent out by Melky Cabrera(notes) — the Yankees scored no runs off the snafu — is irrelevant.  McClelland also made a big mistake in the fourth inning when he ruled that Swisher left third base early while attempting to score on a sacrifice fly. (Replays showed that he had not.)

McClelland的錯誤對比賽沒有影響很大  因為下一棒Cabrera打擊出局-洋基當局並沒有得到任何分數-這局真的很混亂. McClelland也誤判在第四局的時候當隊友擊出高飛犧牲打  他卻判Swisher在三壘提早起跑 (重播畫面顯示出他並沒有提早離壘)

But at least McClelland will have second base umpire Dale Scott as a partner in commiseration tonight, because Swisher was picked off at second earlier in the inning and shouldn't have even been at third. (That call, of course, was also blown.) 

但是至少 McClelland將會跟二壘的裁判 Dale Scott商討一下今天所犯的錯誤  因為在基特（Derek Jeter）上場打擊時，天使隊突然牽制二壘，二壘上的史威舍（Nick Swisher）似乎回壘不及被殺，但二壘審認定安全回壘。不過由重播來看，似乎史威舍應該出局(顯然是個誤判)。

ps:史威舍在這次判決得利，但接下來就成疑似誤判的犧牲者。在一出局滿壘下，戴蒙（Johnny Damon）打出高飛球被接殺，史威舍也順利奔回本壘。但天使隊申訴，認為史威舍離壘過早，也被三壘審接受，因此判決史威舍出局。由重播呈現，這也像是誤判。

Almost makes you yearn for the foul line ineptitude of Phil Cuzzi, doesn't it? 

美聯爭霸╱ 明顯兩誤判 壘審賽後自首

更新日期:2009/10/22 04:09

〔特派記者林三豐／美國加州安納罕報導〕昨天美聯冠軍戰賽後記者會上，出現一個意外的來賓，就是三壘審麥克里蘭德，因為4局上出現3次爭議性判決，有2次主角都是他，麥克里蘭德說：「很明顯2次都是誤判，但我已盡力想把工作做好。」

4局上裁判們受到嚴苛的考驗，先是卡諾與天使捕手拿坡里在本壘上演攻防戰，重播也證明主審判決無誤，但隨後卡茲米爾牽制被保送擠上二壘的史威瑟，重播就顯示是個誤判。

但裁判隨後也還給天使一個「公道」，史威瑟利用戴蒙高飛犧牲打回到本壘，還在與隊友擊掌慶賀時，天使促請裁決，麥克里蘭德判定史威瑟提前離壘，洋基少得1分，還結束該局攻勢，其實判錯了。

不過最離譜應屬隔局，洋基二、三壘有人，天使趨前守備攔住史威瑟的內野滾地球，拿坡里接到回傳球後把普薩達逼回三壘，眼見卡諾也沒有踩壘，把兩人先後觸殺，但麥克里蘭德裁定只有普薩達出局，天使主場球迷再度一陣譁然，連美國媒體都看不下去，連呼：「卡諾怎麼可能沒死！」

倒是兩隊球員都認為裁判「罪不至死」，也不認為該把重播畫面列入判決的參考依據，天使杭特說：「誤判是比賽的一部份，有時未必對我們不利。」基特說：「裁判也是人，偶爾會犯錯，他們已經盡力，我不認為誤判對比賽結果有造成影響。」

 

職棒美聯冠軍賽連3誤判 裁判認錯

更新日期:2009/10/22 09:35

美國職棒「國家聯盟」冠軍戰，今天進行道奇和費城人第五戰，費城人取得3比1的絕對優勢，道奇今天有非勝不可的壓力，不過目前以3比2暫時落後。

另外在「美國聯盟」部分，洋基和天使隊冠軍賽的第四場，一連出現三次誤判，令觀眾譁然，招致嚴厲批評。其中誤判兩次的三壘審今天出面認錯、道歉。(劉芳報導)

美聯冠軍賽第四場的三次誤判，第一次是在第四局，洋基隊的三壘跑者奔回本壘得分，不料三壘審判跑者離壘過早，得分不算。第二次是在第五局，洋基隊捕手在一秒鐘內演出漂亮雙殺時，觸殺二壘跑者和三壘跑者，全場歡聲雷動，但三壘審判二壘跑者安全到達三壘，令觀眾愕然而且譁然。電視錄影重播證明三壘審兩次誤判。第三個誤判出現在二壘，裁判判洋基隊盜壘成功，可是錄影重播顯示遭到觸殺。

由於是聯盟冠軍賽，美國的電視上不斷重播誤判鏡頭，網路上也出現各種評論。聯盟今天特別安排三壘審麥克里蘭出席記者會，向大家認錯。這位有二十六年經驗的資深裁判說，( t: 我盡全力把工作做好，但很不幸出現了兩次誤判。)

這場比賽結果，洋基隊以10比1大勝，居於三勝一負的優勢，只要再贏一場，就將第四十次贏得美聯冠軍，同時也是2003年之後第一次挺進世界大賽。

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