(Jeff Roberson / Associated Press)
Mookie Betts didn't have time to toss his bat, unstrap his shin guard or take even a half-step toward first base.After laying off what should have been a pivotal ball four with two outs in the ninth inning of a one-run game Saturday night, the Dodgers star was instead rung up instantly - and, in a controversial moment that rankled everyone on the visiting side, incorrectly - by home plate umpire Paul Emmel for a game-ending third strike.
Mookie Betts didn't have time to toss his bat, unstrap his shin guard or take even a half-step toward first base.After laying off what should have been a pivotal ball four with two outs in the ninth inning of a one-run game Saturday night, the Dodgers star was instead rung up instantly - and, in a controversial moment that rankled everyone on the visiting side, incorrectly - by home plate umpire Paul Emmel for a game-ending third strike.
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