The Philadelphia Phillies played a very tough game against the division-leading Atlanta Braves on Thursday – at least until the game went to extra innings. While the game was tied 0-0 at the end of the ninth inning, the Braves broke the game open in the 10th inning, scoring five runs capped off by a solo home run by Marcell Ozuna. It was obviously a frustrating game, and it seems even the commentary team felt that frustration.
As Ozuna was running the bases following his 10th-inning home run, he took a brief moment to shake the hand of third base coach Ron Washington. The whole interaction took less than a second, but it was enough to generate some absolute outrage from Phillies radio color analyst Larry Anderson.
“What is that? They’re gonna stop in the middle of the third-base line and do a handshake?” Andersen said in disgust.
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“Ozuna just now steps on home plate,” play-by-play announcer Scott Franze said as Ozuna finally came home to score.
“That’s a joke. Ron Washington, that’s just not professional,” Anderson said. “Stop in the middle of the third-base line so they can do a little hand dance.”
In addition to Anderson’s outrage, Franze gave quite a bleak call on the Ozuna home run as the frustration from the extra-innings collapse was exacerbated by a dropped-ball error from Kyle Schwarber that kept the inning alive.
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