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The Call was a questionable call made by umpire Don Denkinger in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals on October 26, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
Denkinger was the first base umpire in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series. The St. Louis Cardinals led the Kansas City Royals by 3 games to 2 and had taken a 1–0 lead in the eighth inning. The Cardinals had taken the field with a ninth-inning lead 97 times in the 1985 season. They had won 97 times.
Former Royals Hall of Fame player recalls umpire’s infamous missed call during Game 6 of 1985 World Series with St. Louis. Did he have to be so rude about it? From Toriano Porter:
The 1985 World Series is best remembered for an incorrect safe call made by first base umpire Don Denkinger in Game 6. With St. Louis leading the World Series 3-2 and in possession of a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, Denkinger incorrectly called Jorge Orta safe.
Nearly any list of the worst blown calls in sports history includes Don Denkinger’s safe call in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.
Game 6 of the 1985 World Series went the Royals’ way because of Denkinger’s blown call.
In the 1985 World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Kansas City Royals, in part to a bad call made in Game 6. Umpire Don Denkinger called the Royals Jorge Orta safe when TV replays showed he was out. The Royals eventually would score 2 runs in the inning and win the game 2-1. [1] [8]
The championship series against the Cardinals was forever remembered in St. Louis by umpires' supposedly blown calls in Game Six: one that cost the Royals a run in the 4th, and a blown call by umpire Don Denkinger that allowed Jorge Orta to reach first. The World Series is remembered in Kansas City as the culmination of ten years of dominance ...