Wow. I'd be in the fetal position after that.

Rangers fans having some serious PTSD

And to think...Arkansas' problem is rule #1 in baseball defense...call the ball!

I would absolutely be in the fetal position if I were a hog fan.

Catch a foul ball you win the World Series... they let it drop and have to go to game 3

I will be very impressed if they can recover from that.

Shaddy may never get over that, especially if the Beavers win tomorrow.

It's over. That was Mookie Wilson and Buckner many years later. OSU will win.

PhatMack19 said:

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Jeebus, that didn't take long to appear.

Every time that is replayed/analyzed, people will hear the talking heads blame Shaddy for overrunning the ball, and he will own the disaster in the minds of the public. Any of the three of them appeared to be able to make the catch.

Moreover, the commentator who described the ball landing in the "Arkansas triangle" became a legend in saying it.

Right fielder trumps everyone and had the best line and could easily have caught it. Feel sorry for the guy because it was his ball.

If the right fielder can get there, that's always his ball because it's much easier to track the ball and make adjustments when your hips and your eyes are facing the same way. When your hips are facing forward and your eyes are looking up/behind you it's much more difficult to make adjustments on the ball.

I get though that he thought shaddy was confident in getting the ball. Shaddy made it very clear that he was going to get that ball. RF realized Shaddy wasn't in position to catch it too late.

Shaddy got caught up in the moment and it cost them. The right fielder should have called him off, though.

SpiDer09 said:

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I sent this to my Arky buddy this morning. Waiting for a lovely response.

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Dude. I remember the Clint Stoerner fumble deal in the late 90's. Worked with a Hog and a guy from LSU that we're always going at each other talking trash.....even during that gane. The LSU guy had the good judgment to leave his buddy alone after that fumble.

I remember last year in the UH regional championship game when Janca dropped the ball out of his glove running to 3rd with 1 out in the 9th with a 2 run lead. I remember thinking "wow... BAS is real, we are going to lose this game now". We almost did because the next batter hit a SAC fly (would have been out 3) and then the next UH guy was about 2 feet from a walk off grand slam.

Thankfully we closed it out but wow that would have been rough, and we probably would have dropped the If necessary game that night due to not having a 4th starter in line.

2nd Baseman called it and was there in plenty of time. The Right Fielder correctly backed away. Once you back away, you are not still looking at the ball, you have to look at the other fielder and make sure you are out of his way.

There is no time to see that the 2nd Baseman had overrun the ball and react in time to catch it. It is easy to see this on tv and on instant replay, but in the moment when you are sprinting across the field looking up. When the 2nd Baseman calls for it and appears to be in position, you back off and give space.

that was 2nd Baseman's call and responsibility To start blaming anyone else is the over-analysis of the internet/instant replay age.

SpiDer09 said:

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I sent this to my Arky buddy this morning. Waiting for a lovely response.

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If I was your buddy, my response would be "What time is the A&M game tonight? Oh wait..."

yep, the "Arkansas triangle" expression is likely here to stay

tonight will be a great test of sports psychology