On this date in 1985, Orta was safe!

My favorite thesis is that this call was the best thing to happen for Cards fans. The meltdown after Orta was forced out, the quitting in game 7, the abysmal hitting, first team to win gm 1-2 on the road and lose, failing to close out in STL. All forgotten but for this

One of the worst calls in WS history. Refuse to say it handed them a WS, but still absolutely horrible call.

For all the Cardinal whiners. If you watch the whole inning on the World Series DVD Jack Clark blew an easy foul ball over by the Royals dugout that would’ve made up that out.

😢

Clearly beat the throw. I don't understand what all the fuss is about.

Sure he was. 😂But that's not what cost the Cardinals the game. They simply had a mental breakdown. Champions overcome adversity and seal the deal. They didn't.

Any fan in baseball knows he was out. The announcers even said he was out. Only a fucking idiot would think differently.

Out

He was out!!!

As an umpire, I can see why he missed it. Denkinger should have just gone one step into fair territory and gotten set. Instead, he runs 180 degrees opposite of the glove side and is still moving when the critical action occurs. Terrible mechanics.

Allowed me to attend Game 7. He was safe by at least 10 feet!!! lol

I was there. Of course he was safe.

As a Cards fan who was at the 85 series, I'll never completely be over it. But over 40 years has passed. I was glad when KC won in 2015 so they could get a legit ring with no asterisk. Every playoff run has a lot of luck thrown in. KC got lucky. Cards didnt.

Damn straight

@kathrynw5 One of earliest Baseball memories!

He was "called " safe.... but obviously he wasn't .

I was in left field GA, and all I could say was that we caught a break.

And history altered forever

He sure was!

Then Jack Clark dropped the foul pop off 1st base dugout

Safe. bay-bay!

Worst call in baseball history

Good times.

Out by a step. Happy only because Dick Howser was the manager for the Royals at this time and deserved a ring. As a 19 year old, I was incensed at Don Denkinger.

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@Koreanfan_KC What completely gets lost about this game is that Frank White was called out at 2nd earlier in the game. When replay showed that Ozzie Smith missed the tag. And in that same at bat Pat Sheridan got a hit that would have scored White from 2nd.

Clearly safe

Kiss my entire *** 🤣🤣

NOOOOO!

The worse call in the fucking history of baseball