If you perform a Google search on Jerry Meals, about 11,200,000 results will come up, including nearly 500 articles about Tuesday night’s game between the Pirates and the Braves.
The 19-inning affair was determined on a blown call by Meals, the home plate umpire, after exactly 599 pitches over six hours and 39 minutes.
Meals, a veteran of 14 MLB seasons, told reporters Julio Lugo should have been called out. Multiple instant replays showed that Pirates catcher Mike McKenry tagged Lugo on the knee, or thereabouts.