beezer210 wrote:Is it just me, or was that an out-and-out shove?
Close. His hands were definitely where they shouldn't have been.
Although (actually, SINCE) I've been critical of the guy in the past, I've got to give C.B. Bucknor props for that call. It takes a lot of guts to make a call like that. Many- dare I say most- umpires- would never end a game like that. And the call was (IMHO) correct.