"Even with my old eyes, I knew I was right."

There's Davey Johnson in the process of getting ejected for the first time this season on a blown call by first base umpire Marvin Hudson in the sixth, which was immediately followed by a game-tying home run by Jason Heyward. Here's Davey, via Washington Post:

"If I can see it from 150 feet that the throw beats him, and he’s on the bag and he was out of position, I wanted him to get help. Those are critical points in games. I’ve got old eyes and I can see that. He’s a good umpire. I felt like the object is to just get this right. We don’t need to give them a little added momentum here. Get some help. I probably overreacted, but it was really a critical point in the ballgame. My pitcher pitched a heck of a ballgame. We had a lead. We don’t need to give them any gifts."
(Davey Johnson, via Washington Post, 9/16/2012)

Braves 5, Nationals 4: Sure, the blown call hurt, but so did Ryan Mattheus losing the ability to throw strikes in the 8th. NL East lead down to 6 1/2, but no worries...

Yeah, Hudson blew it:

(Screen caps via MLB.com/FOX)

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Comments

[J. Sloan]

Yes the Nats walked in a run in the 8th inning, however the Umpire totally blew the call and should have immediately asked for help, he didn't. He needs to to be seriously repermanded and an apologoly needs to go to Davey Johnson and the Nats, he cost us the game.This wasn't the first tim its happened throughout baseball this year.