Watch the replay again, it does matter. The first bounce of the ball was in fair territory before reaching first base and then it went over the bag. It was a fair ball.
Yeah O's mashed on the Pirates for a three game sweep so that helped the Reds. It's gotta come down to Cincinnati and St. Louis. Pittsburgh can only luck themselves into wins for so long.
I agree. I've watched this team a bit and they're awful fielding and their pitching isn't good. I think they have a pretty good offense, but they'll hit dry spells and that's where they'll be exposed.
I couldn't really find any except for these 2 gifs that were inconclusive. Do you have any good links of replays? I originally thought the ball was just a fair foul issue on the fly. Didn't realize that it actually landed inside of the bag.