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howardBad calls ar nothing new in World Series play. Off the top of my head I can think of at least three bad calls that had huge effects on the outcome of one series in each of the past three decades:
1978 Reggie jackson kept an inning alive by intentionally deflecting a ball
w/his butt after he was already forced out at second.
1985 Don Denkinger called Jorge Orta safe at first when he was clearly out.
1991 Ron Gant was called out returning to first on a pickoff attempt even
though Kent Hrbek pushed him off the bag.
What has changed from the early days of baseball is that instant replay was invented and gets better every year allowing us to easily see umpire's mistakes.