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Charles Curtis

A bizarre, controversial call by a Little League World Series umpire led to the weirdest walk-off

This was a truly weird and controversial way for a Little League World Series regional game to end.

Here’s the breakdown: Oregon and Washington were tied up at two runs apiece at the bottom of the seventh. Washington had a runner on first, when the batter hit a ball down the third-base line.

The umpire clearly signaled a foul ball, but the runner came home with the winning run to send Washington on to the next round.

Umpires claimed that the call on the field was a fair ball — huh? — and there wasn’t evidence on replay that it could be overturned.

Sure enough, game over when it was ruled a fair ball:

This was so weird

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