Athletics Nation · Apr 10, 2017
Odd Decisions Scattered Along With Garbage Bags, Garbage Play
Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY SportsThe howling wind turned Globe Life Park in Arlington into a landfill Sunday afternoon, littering the field with wayward baggies. The A’s inability to field turned the game into a chamber of horrors punctuated by Sean Manaea’s pickoff error, a DP ball Ryon Healy turned into no outs, and a Marcus Semien one-hop throw that Yonder Alonso probably would have picked. Luckily home plate umpire Ron Kulpa was spared seeing any of this, owing to hysterical blindness that evidently left him able to call balls and strikes only by flipping a coin. "Sounds like tails...steeeeerike!" Khris Davis and Matt Joyce were not amused.