It's been a hard week for baseball fans, as collectively we've all held our breath waiting for an answer to a very important question. Did CC Sabathia throw a no-hitter on Sunday in Pittsburgh? The box score said he didn't, but Sabathia and the Brewers felt that Andy LaRoche's single in the fifth inning was an error, and appealed the decision to MLB.After a few days of Ned Yost whining about it, the Brewers and Sabathia finally heard MLB's decision on Wednesday night (apparently it takes three days to look at a replay), and MLB let them know that they won't be changing anything. It was a hit, deal with it.
Major League Baseball's scoring review committee ruled Wednesday that official scorer Bob Webb did not err when he decided that Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche singled against Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia in the bottom of the fifth inning of Milwaukee's 7-0 win on Sunday.
On Wednesday, the committee viewed footage of the play in question and considered the documentation presented by the Brewers.
But the committee ruled that Webb's judgment was not "clearly erroneous," which is the standard set forth in Official Scoring Rule 10.01(a), and did not meet the criteria for reversal.You know what was clearly erroneous, though? The Brewers need to appeal the decision. I mean, it's not like the scoring cost the team the game, they still won 5-0. Besides, even if the ruling was reversed, what the hell would have changed?
Still, this could be good news for the Brewers who are probably just relieved to have this whole thing behind them now. After all, they haven't won a game since filing the protest.
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5-0 or 7-0 which is it?