Citi Field arguing on and off the field | Boomer & Gio
WFAN Daily
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🗓️ 2 May 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The Mets game ended with a controversial out at home plate call. Alonso was out, but the catcher did block the plate. Carlos Mendoza was pissed. Midday Producer Pete Hoffman tells us how he broke up a fight at the Mets game.
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| 0:00.0 | Lack of energy in terms of offense last night at City Field. |
| 0:02.8 | Matter of fact, the Mets put you to sleep for seven innings. |
| 0:05.6 | Got something going in the eighth, couldn't score. |
| 0:07.5 | Then in the ninth, down at one-nothing. |
| 0:09.4 | You got a hit by pitch. |
| 0:10.2 | You got a double by J.D. Martinez. |
| 0:12.3 | And then a chance to tie the Cubs. |
| 0:14.4 | Here's the pitch. |
| 0:15.6 | Swinging a high fly ball, slicing towards the left field line. |
| 0:19.2 | Moving over happy makes the catch here comes |
| 0:22.0 | alonzo here comes the throw it's cut off the relay throw out at the plate and the cubs win for now |
| 0:28.8 | the meds immediately want a challenge and they got the challenge but to no avail they would uphold |
| 0:34.3 | the call cubs win cubs win can i a question? The final, Howie Rose. |
| 0:37.9 | Explain to me the exact rule of what the catcher can do as the ball is coming. |
| 0:43.6 | Where can he stand and where can he stand? |
| 0:46.3 | I can't, but I will tell you that that was Carlos Mendoza's complaint to the umpire who was miced up on the field. |
| 0:52.0 | That's right. |
| 0:52.9 | I'm not in replay. |
| 0:56.6 | I'm telling you what they're going to make. the umpire who was miced up on the field that's what that's what's that's what the rule says you can knock down a whole plate without the baseball i'm not arguing with you Carlos but i'm saying |
| 1:01.8 | i don't take that up with the office i agree and then here he was in the post game press |
| 1:10.1 | conference still ticked off. |
| 1:12.1 | He's clearly on that email that we got that catchers are not allowed to have their food in front of the plate, on top of the plate, they cannot straddle without possession of the baseball. |
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