Cleveland sweeps after MLB's admission Major League Baseball on Thursday acknowledged that the A's were on the wrong end of a replay review on what was clearly a game-tying home run by Adam Rosales on Wednesday night. [...] yet Joe Torre, MLB's vice president of baseball operations, allowed the decision to stand - no homer for Rosales, though baseball officials in New York realized that the ball hit the railing above the left-field fence. Oakland dropped Wednesday's game 4-3, and then Thursday's 9-2, as the Indians completed a four-game sweep. In the 1983 "Pine Tar Game," after American League President Lee MacPhail upheld the Royals' protest that ultimately gave George Brett a home run, Kansas City and the Yankees continued their game in New York nearly a month after it originally ended. Asked if the replay duties should be handled by a central- ized office, which is how the NHL handles replays, Melvin said, "After the fact, it certainly makes sense." [...] baseman Josh Donaldson agreed, saying, "They're talking about expanding replay, but if you're not right with something like (Rosales' homer), they kind of have to take it to the next step and take it out of (the umpires') hands."

 

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