CLEVELAND – For two minutes and 57 seconds, the Cincinnati Reds laid dead on the operating table. They had lost Wednesday to the Cleveland Indians by a run, the game ending on a 3-6-3 double play in the top of the ninth.
But the final play was under review.
For nearly three minutes, various angles of the final out at first played on a loop on the humongous video board at Progressive Field. One seemed to clearly show runner Billy Hamilton beating the throw by half a step. But the wait was ominous; clear-cut plays usually don’t require such deliberations.