The Phantom Tag (1999)
The unlucky Red Sox were the victims of another infamous play in the 1999 American League Championship Series, this time at the hands of the umpires. In the eighth inning of a Game 4 loss to the Yankees, with runner Jose Offerman on first and only one out, John Valentin hit a ground ball to the Yankees’ second baseman Chuck Knoblauch. Knoblauch attempted to tag Offerman and then threw the ball to first base before Valentin arrived. The umpire called both runners out for a double play to retire the inning, but video replays showed a huge gap between Knoblauch’s glove and Offerman. The Yankees went on to score six runs in the ninth to crush the Sox, and carried the series 4-1.