Ump threw the home run ball? Nope. That was on Jackson. Sorry, but blown calls happen in sports. Davey got thrown out arguing over a call that won't be changed. Ever. McCatty came out too late to calm down Jackson. Davey wasn't there to manage the bullpen like he's supposedly good at when the game was on the line.
Fact is that, despite that blown call, that game was very winnable.
And you're wrong again. Calls get changed. THAT call WOULD have been changed if the Marietta GA umpire had asked if the homeplate umpire had seen his foot on the bag. It was that obvious. To say that calls don't changed is absurd. A call got changed IN THIS GAME after an umpire conference (Desmond to 3rd base). Calls like this have been overturned multiple times, recently.
If the call is made right, there's no "coming out late" to talk about.
And Davey should have gotten thrown out. If you keep putting up with crap, you'll keep getting crap. Davey should have been thrown out multiple times by this point in the season. The Braves didn't have to overcome a blown call to win this game, the Nationals did and the idea that if you can't overcome umpires blown calls then you deserve to lose is offensive beyond words.
And if you want to look for a culprit, other than the Marietta GA umpire, who also couldn't see a check swing when the Braves were batting in addition to a foot on a bag, look at the offense. Espinosa is 0 for 8 with EIGHT STRIKEOUTS in this series. Zimmerman, the supposed leader of the team is also 0 for 8. Desmond is 1 for 8. The offense isn't blameless.
