Oh, God, Bud... Do we need any more of a fucking rimjob for St. Louis to win the series?

You already made it obvious you were fucking the Dodgers over (see previous post on the subject).

Now THIS CALL to decide Game 3:




I'll probably have to get a different video, but I assume MLB themselves (who will probably take this person's down) will put one up Real Soon Now.

So, ground ball to the drawn-in infield, throw home, two out.

Then, for some odd reason, the catcher decides to get the third out at third.

The throw is wide.  The third baseman sprawls to get it.  The ball goes into left field and the baserunner and the third baseman (Will Middlebrooks) are tied up.

Middlebrooks is lying perpendicular to the baseline, and it looks like the runner tries to trip over him to get the interference call.

He gets it, Cardinals win 5-4.

The runner, Allen Craig, can be clearly seen leaving the basepath between third and home to try to draw the obstruction call.

JUST FUCKING GIVE THEM THE TITLE IF YOU'RE THAT SET ON MAKING THE UMPIRING A FARCE, SELIG!!

Here's the rule, from MLB's own definitions, Rule 2.00 of the Official Rules:

OBSTRUCTION is the act of a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, impedes the progress of any runner.
Rule 2.00 (Obstruction) Comment: If a fielder is about to receive a thrown ball and if the ball is in flight directly toward and near enough to the fielder so he must occupy his position to receive the ball he may be considered “in the act of fielding a ball.” It is entirely up to the judgment of the umpire as to whether a fielder is in the act of fielding a ball. After a fielder has made an attempt to field a ball and missed, he can no longer be in the “act of fielding” the ball. For example: If an infielder dives at a ground ball and the ball passes him and he continues to lie on the ground and delays the progress of the runner, he very likely has obstructed the runner.

And that Comment is what they called.

There's two problems with that:

1) How could Middlebrooks avoid obstruction?  If he gets up, he collides with Clark, and that's obvious obstruction!

2) Craig is out of the baseline, in a deliberate attempt to trip over Middlebrooks.  Watch the clip (or whatever video of the play you can find) closely.