Watching it live, I have to say, I was unsure if it went foul or not, but that was because the live shot was from a camera towards home plate and the angle wasn’t great. Once they showed the replay and the ump 10 (not 20) feet from the ball, and the ball clearly 6 inches inside the line, I knew the fix was in. It wasn’t like it hit the chalk, and they weren’t sure which side of the line it was on, this ball was not even close to being foul, NOT EVEN CLOSE.

I didn’t know until reading the comment above that Cuzzi is a North Jersey resident. Why in god’s name do they have a local umpire who happens to be a fan umpiring a game of his hometown team. That is crazy. The Umps for this game should be from places like St. Louis, or Atlanta, or Florida, where they don’t have a bias towards either team playing. You know if this had been reversed, and a fair ball Jeter hit in the corner was called foul, Bud Selig would have instant replay installed in time for game 3. The game is becoming a mockery, and needs to move into the 21st century. A play like this is too important to leave up to human error any more.

In case you’re interested, here’s what happens in the voicemail system, so you can be more well prepared

Message Voice: “You have reached the office of major league baseball” …. “Press 1 for company directory”

My advice: don’t bother, it asks you to press the first three letters of the person’s last name. I already tried S-E-L for Selig (Commissioner Bud Selig) and it doesn’t have any listings. So just hold the line to wait for the “general mailbox.”

It asks you several questions for you to reply to

1) ” Whom are you trying to reach? ”

2) ” Who’s calling Please? ”

3) ” At what number can you be reached? ”

4) ” What’s this in reference to? ”

5) “What additional message would you like to leave ?”