June 30, 1959 N.L. ump Vic Delmore had a bit of a mental lapse in a game between the Cardinals and the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Musial has a 3-1 count and sees the next pitch get away from Cub's catcher Sammy Taylor and go to the backstop.
Delmore calss ball 4 and gets into an argument with Taylor and Bob Anderson(P) about it being a foul tip.
Musial runs towards second seeing that the ball is still in play. Cubs 3rd baseman ,a fellow by the name of Alvin Dark, goes to retrieve the ball from around the backstop.
Delmore was still arguing with Taylor and Anderson when he pulled out a second ball and gave it to Anderson.
Anderson pick up on Musial going to second and made a throw to second at about the same time that Dark was throwing to Ernie Banks covering second with the original ball. Anderson's throw went into CF while Dark and Banks completed their task. Musial did not realize that two balls were in play and saw the second ball go into centerfield and decides to go for third only to run into Banks who applies the tag.
YOU MAKE THE CALL!!!
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