More on Baseball at the ILCS

On Sunday, I wrote that I questioned catching a fly ball in foul territory in the bottom of the eighth of a scoreless game with less than two outs and a runner on third.

That play cost the Quakers Game 1 of the Ivy League Championship Series against Brown. But I was only going off of the boxscore, and I admitted that I hadn't seen the play. So now I give you the view of someone who did, Athletic Communications' Matt Kirsch.

"I think if you asked anyone there they would've thought Steve Gable was going to make a strong throw to the plate. It was a very shallow hit ball and I was actually shocked that the runner tagged. But he had to catch it because it was so close to the line that if he let it drop, it could've landed in fair territory. Even though the official score was a foul pop, it just as easily could've been scored a fair pop up. That's how close it was."

So I guess then the credit goes to Brown's runner for trying the scoring attempt and making it. It's a tough way to lose, but that happens in baseball sometimes.