Bad Call at Angels Sox game

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Did anyone watch the Angels Sox game tonight? In the bottom of the 9th sox are up to bat there are 2 outs and 2 strikes a pitch was thrown. The batter swung and missed, and the ball continued on its way into the Angels' catcher's glove right above the ground but clearly in the glove and not on the ground. The umpire made the motion with his arm clearly calling it a strike. The catcher stands up with what he thinks is the end of the inning and rolls the ball to the mound. The batter turns away from first base as if to walk back to the dugout. All the Angels in the outfield start coming in. Then, the batter does a 180 and spins around and starts furiously running toward first base and arrives there where he is declared safe by the same umpire that called him out at home plate after he swung and missed. Everyone is going "WTF?" and the Angles manager comes running out in a fury to "talk" with the umpires. They say the ball hit the ground (which in my mind it clearly did not), the catcher never tagged him, and he is now safe at first. The third base umpire (who would have had the best view of the situation) apparantly wasn't watching.

It would have been bad enough if the umpire didn't initially call him out with a strike, but to call it (correctly) and then go back on the call because the batter thought he'd be smart and try to get on base? C'mon.

It ended up costing the Angles the game.

Anyway, did you see it and what do you think?