Jerry Layne won't be the first Dorn of the Week. Let's just get that out of the way. But fuck if I'm gonna let his asshattery slide. In case you missed it, last night, in the bottom of the 10th inning of the fucking ALCS, hip hip Jorge Posada grounded into a routine double play, 4-6-3. But wait! Jerry Layne called Melky Cabrera safe because Erick Aybar failed to tag second base before completing the turn. Un-fucking-believable. This type of play happens hundreds of times throughout the course of a baseball season and the umpires ALWAYS let it slide unless the throw to 2nd base pulls the fielder away from the bag, which didn't happen here. It was a perfect toss, perfect turn, Aybar straddled the bag and fired to first. Should have been a double play. But no, Jerry Layne, apparently not satisfied with all of the shit that the umpires took during the division series, just had to be an asshole.Here's where all the dickheads and Yankees fans (hooray redundancy!) interject. It was the correct call! He never touched the bag! Doesn't. Fucking. Matter. Even Joe Buck and Tim McCarver spoke up and killed the call. That's how you know it's fucking terrible. This wasn't a blown call. Umpires are human and god knows they can make mistakes when plays are happening at a million miles an hour. This was an umpire making a conscious decision to fuck with the game and attempt to hand the Yankees a win. What a fucking asshole.
So congratulations, Jerry Layne, you're our first Dorn of the Week nominee. You won't win, because the Angels got out of the inning and let you off the hook, but god damn that was a hell of an effort. Douche.
