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I’ve seen the replay several times, and I really think the official score could have gone either way. In Milwaukee that’s an error, on the road it’s a hit. I don’t agree with Ned Yost, that Laroche would have been out by 10 feet if Sabathia fields the ball cleanly. Even if CC fields it cleanly, it would have been very close at first. No way MLB should overturn it at this point. It would be tainted. They should just leave it alone.

Where am I wrong?

My feeling is that if it would have been any other infielder going for the ball and booting it, the play should have been called an error. Since it was Sabathia going for the ball and ruining his own game, give the guy a hit.

On the other had, Sabathia booted it so it should have been called an error.

A pitcher is still a player and has to field his position. The ball was bobbled and bumbled and booted, so I would have scored it an error immediately. To me, it is only an infield hit if a runner beats a throw.

I've heard that an unwritten rule for official scorers is the very first hit a team gets must be clear and undisputed to avoid scrutiny like this after the game. In my humble opinion it was an error but to overturn it now would take credibility away from the game.

Should have been ruled an error, as Cowboy said, a pitcher still needs to field his position.

I've seen this replay a number of times from a number of different angles. I've got to agree with the official scorer on this one. My question is this, why did he give up on the play? If you see the replay from the 3B angle, it looked like he still had plenty of time to pick the ball up and throw it to 1B. It probably would have been a close play, but it looks like he at least had a chance.

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I'd call it error. And I'm originally from Pittsburgh. No-hitter.