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SportsPulse: Bob Nigthengale, an MLB insider, details the chaos, reaction and explanations of the call interfering with fans in the fourth game of the ALCS, and gives his perspective if the Pups succeed .
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Let's start with Jeffrey Maier's comparisons.

In the first round of match 4 of the ALCS, Wednesday night, between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros, a The scramble call by the fans prevented a two-run home drawrun for Jose Altuve.

While Mookie Betts, the Red Sox's right-field player, returned to the right-hand wall and approached the ball, a frenzy of first-tier fans did the same. In doing so, supporters touched Betts' glove, preventing him from being caught. Referee Joe West warned Altuve of interference from fans.

In a match that ended in a win of 8 to 6 Red Sox, the impact of this call is impossible to ignore.

Of course, the controversial calls in the playoffs of the MLB are not new. From the interference of fans to the obstruction, the playoff referees have found over the years.

Let's take a look at the most controversial pieces of the last 35 years of the post-season.

Chase Utley slide raises Ruben Tejada

In 2015, in the seventh game of the LNDS, the New York Mets were trying to maintain their lead of 2-1 with a pair of Los Angeles Dodgers on goals and another.

Launcher Bartolo Colon hits Daniel Murphy just to the right of the second goal. Murphy returned the ball to the short stop Ruben Tejada, who took second place and turned to start the inning. It was then that Chase Utley, who started from the first goal on the field, slipped directly into Tejada, knocking him down and ending all chances of a double play. Utley was called in all safety after an examination, when it was determined that Tejada had never touched the bag.

No call of interference. According to MLB interference rules, if a baseball player "deliberately interferes" with a defensive player attempting to play a double game, the lower base player must be called along with the runner trying to get to first base. The draw that scored on the game after Utley was declared safe and the heat continued.

The Dodgers then won the match 5-2.

Ump calls the rule of the fly on the ground of Andrelton Simmons

With one player out and two starters late in the eighth inning, the Atlanta Braves threatened to cut the St. Louis Cardinals' 6-3 lead in the NL Wild Card Game 2012.

Braves scorers Andrelton Simmons scored a big difference between Pete Kozma and Matt Holliday of the Cardinals. As a result, the basics have been loaded. That is until the left umpire, Sam Holbrook, ruled that Simmons was absent due to an internal flight. The MLB rule book indicates that a camp volley is in play if the ball would have "normally been manipulated by an infielder – and not by an arbitrary limitation such as grass or baselines". The left field player Holliday was originally placed, not the short stop Kozma.

Despite the passage of the ball into the left field, Simmons was called by a fly, cutting the rally Braves. The Cardinals won 6-3.

Cardinals impose on the call

The St. Louis Cardinals were tied 4-4 with the Red Sox in the bottom of the ninth in the third game of the 2013 World Series. St. Louis had runners in second and third places with an exit and a chance to take a advance in the series with a win. They got the walk that they were looking for, but not in the way that they could have expected.

Allen Craig was deemed secure during a call to filibuster against Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks, who stumbled Craig as he headed to the center on a balloon that exceeded the third goal. Referee Jim Joyce called the obstruction and Craig scored the winning point, even though he never touched the plate.

The play marked the only time a playoff game ended with a call for obstruction.

Matt Holliday slips, misses the marble

The return of Matt Holliday to his home in the 13th inning of a decisive series in 2007 remains memorable.

With Trevor Hoffman closer on the mound and an 8-6 lead, the Padres were three outs from a spot in the LNDS.

The Rockies drew Kazuo Matsui and Holliday in the RBI match, when Jamey Carroll came to the plate with a chance to win.

Carroll shot a puck in the glove of Padres right-hand man Brian Giles, who made an impressive home run. Holliday slipped, pushing his hand into the foot of the Padres receiver. The marble umpire, Tim McClelland, qualified it as safe but it was unclear whether Holliday had actually hit the bag.

To date, there is no clear evidence that Holliday touched the bag. McClelland's word is still valid. With the modern influence of proofreading and the best camera quality, one has to wonder how this piece would have worked if it had been ten years later.

The Steve Bartman play

The Steve Bartman played in the 2003 NLCS Match 6 match 6 in the baseball tradition due to an unmistakable interference of the fans, resulting in part in the loss of the Chicago Cubs' lead and the end of the series.

Florida Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo sent a ball into fault territory along the left court line. Moises Alou, a Cubs left-wing player, came close to the wall in time to play the ball, when Bartman intercepted the ball before Alou could potentially take advantage.

The Cubs, the short stop Alex Gonzalez, missed a potential double ending the heat just moments later, and the Marlins had eight points in the heat to win the game and the series.

Many in the stadium, including a demonstrative Alou, were demanding the intervention of the fans, which would have pushed Castillo out.

Jeffrey Maier helps Derek Jeter's home run

Jeffrey Maier became one of the most famous supporters of baseball history when he was received by Derek Jeter's controversial home run in the first game of the 1996 ALCS.

Using multiple replay angles, Maier passed the right ball over the right wall, preventing Baltimore Orioles right-handed player Tony Tarasco from taking the shot below. Tarasco was directly under the ball and seemed to be in the crosshairs to catch, but Maier caught him first and the Yankees went on to win in extra innings, 5-4.

Referee Don Denkinger's appeal

There is little controversy about this one; Jorge Orta was released at the beginning.

The Cardinals tied for a 1-0 lead in the ninth round of the sixth game of the 1985 Word Series, when the Kansas City Orta Royals hit a slow player to the right of the infield. First baseman Jack Clark set it up and threw it to relief pitcher Todd Worrell, who was covering first. The replays showed that Orta was in the bag after the ball arrived at Worrell, but the first-base referee, Don Denkinger, called for safety.

Onx Concepcion was eliminated by Orta and scored the tying goal as the Royals won the match and later the series.

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