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When MLB teams are allowed to challenge the previously final ruling of umpires, said umpires aren't going to be happy sometimes. That was the case with crew chief Jeff Nelson during a game between the Los Angeles Angels and Miami Marlins on Saturday.
With the bases loaded and one out in the 10th inning, the Marlins were up 5-4 and threatening to tack on a few insurance runs. Then the Angels appeared to catch a lucky break.
Marlins catcher Jacob Stallings hit a soft grounder that turned into a 1-2-3 double play to end the inning and put the Angels a hit away from tying the game in the bottom of the 10th. That is, until replay showed Angels catcher Matt Thaiss might not have had his foot on home plate to get the force out.
The Marlins opted to challenge the out at home plate, which had been administered by C.B. Bucknor. Nelson, as crew chief, was tasked with announcing the challenge to the public, but a hot mic also announced his thoughts on the challenge while speaking with Bucknor:
Awkward.
Even more awkward was that MLB's replay booth decided the Marlins' heads were firmly not up their ass and ruled Yuli Gurriel safe at home to give the Marlins a 6-4 lead.
ended as an 8-5 Marlins win. Had the Marlins not challenged the call, the Angels' run in the bottom of the 10th would have kept the game going.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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