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Personalities & Off-field2025
Clase and Ortiz Are Indicted
Federal prosecutors charged Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz with rigging pitches for bettors. The indictment alleges the bettors won at least $450,000. Both pitchers had already been placed on leave. The case was not finished when the charges were made public.
Cleveland Guardians
Umpire Controversies2025
Hudson and the Immaculate Inning
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was one called strike from an immaculate inning when Marvin Hudson ruled a 96-mph fastball a ball. Yamamoto struck out the side anyway. The inning was no longer immaculate.
San Diego Padres · Los Angeles Dodgers
Managerial Decisions2020
Cash Pulls Snell
Blake Snell led Game 6 of the World Series on 73 pitches when Kevin Cash took him out after a one-out single. Nick Anderson allowed the tying and go-ahead runs. The Dodgers won the championship.
Tampa Bay Rays · Los Angeles Dodgers
Managerial Decisions2016
Britton Stays in the Bullpen
Buck Showalter saved Zach Britton, who had converted all 47 of his saves with a 0.54 earned-run average, for a lead that never came. Ubaldo Jiménez gave up a three-run walk-off homer in the eleventh.
Baltimore Orioles · Toronto Blue Jays
No. 2003.10.16
2003
October 16
Managerial Decisions2003
Grady Little Leaves Pedro In
Boston led Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS by three runs. Grady Little visited the mound, left a tiring Pedro Martinez in, and the Yankees tied the game.
Boston Red Sox · New York Yankees
No. 2000.10.03
2000
October 3
Pitching Disasters2000
Rick Ankiel Loses the Plate
Rick Ankiel was twenty-one, a phenom, and ahead 6–0 in his first playoff start. In the third inning he threw five wild pitches and could not find the strike zone.
St. Louis Cardinals · Atlanta Braves
No. 1993.10.23
1993
October 23
Pitching Disasters1993
Carter off Williams
Mitch Williams came in to protect a one-run lead in Game 6. He walked Rickey Henderson, gave up a single to Paul Molitor, and Joe Carter hit the next well-struck pitch over the left-field fence.
Philadelphia Phillies · Toronto Blue Jays
No. 1985.10.16
1985
October 16
Managerial Decisions1985
Lasorda Pitches to Clark
With first base open in the ninth of the 1985 NLCS, Tommy Lasorda let Tom Niedenfuer pitch to Jack Clark. Clark hit the first pitch into the left-field seats.
Los Angeles Dodgers · St. Louis Cardinals
Pitching Disasters1984
Gossage Pitches to Gibson
In the eighth inning of the 1984 World Series, Dick Williams wanted Goose Gossage to walk Kirk Gibson. Gossage talked him out of it. Gibson hit a three-run homer.
Detroit Tigers · San Diego Padres
No. 1982.08.23
1982
August 23
Umpire Controversies1982
Perry, Ejected
Dave Phillips ejected Gaylord Perry for a spitball without looking at the ball. Perry said it was a forkball. The league suspended him for ten days anyway.
Seattle Mariners · Boston Red Sox
No. 1978.10.02
1978
October 2
Pitching Disasters1978
Dent over the Monster
In the one-game playoff at Fenway, Bucky Dent, batting ninth, hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster. He had borrowed Mickey Rivers's bat after fouling a pitch off his foot.
New York Yankees · Boston Red Sox
Promotions & Ballpark Events1951
Eddie Gaedel Walks
Bill Veeck sent 3-foot-7 Eddie Gaedel to the plate in a child's uniform. Gaedel walked on four pitches. The league voided the contract the next day.
St. Louis Browns · Detroit Tigers