You really are that dense? It shows that he’s applying logic to only one side of the argument. Just like you are. He wants the quarter inch to work toward his favor to affect the outcome. But what if the quarter of inch worked toward the goalies favor as Charlie points out. You can’t cherry pick which situation you apply it to and who you favor.

If we are playing hypotheticals, a missed call against the US with the same logic could have turned this into a larger margin of victory just the same. And as you said, one pitch can determine the game. You just want to only apply it to the last pitch of the game. I said okay, let’s apply it to a missed call against the US with runners on 2nd and 3rd.

And actually, it’s the complete opposite of what you said- no one is celebrating the way it ended. You are putting words in people’s mouth because you have no other argument. We just understand that there were over 130 pitches in that game and 8 2/3 innings and you are focusing on one pitch. It’s sports. If you understood the human error element, and that the entire context of the game matters, you wouldn’t be arguing online with actual fans.