http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/16685483/hall-flameout-25-worst-collapses-sports-history
I mean, sure. According to this story on ESPN, your World Series is the 4th largest collapse ever while the Red Sox are 7th (and the Braves 25th). But, the Red Sox are also on there at #3 with Bill Buckner and #8 with Bucky Fucking Dent. The 2011 Red Sox incident to me is still worse, because of the fact that it imploded the team at its literal core and was an entire month of freefall. And we were a Yankee Bullpen strike away and/or a Papelbon save from staying in the post season.
That was also a bullshit way to end a game that was worse than a balk because how can you call obstruction when there was literally nothing that Will Middlebrooks could have done to avoid that? You're literally asking him to become a ghost of a human being and vanish from the play. You can't end a game on obstruction that wasn't obstruction but the natural results of a baseball play.
I mean, sure. According to this story on ESPN, your World Series is the 4th largest collapse ever while the Red Sox are 7th (and the Braves 25th). But, the Red Sox are also on there at #3 with Bill Buckner and #8 with Bucky Fucking Dent. The 2011 Red Sox incident to me is still worse, because of the fact that it imploded the team at its literal core and was an entire month of freefall. And we were a Yankee Bullpen strike away and/or a Papelbon save from staying in the post season.
That was also a bullshit way to end a game that was worse than a balk because how can you call obstruction when there was literally nothing that Will Middlebrooks could have done to avoid that? You're literally asking him to become a ghost of a human being and vanish from the play. You can't end a game on obstruction that wasn't obstruction but the natural results of a baseball play.