When it’s ajar, of course. Oops, wrong joke.

Anyway, in case you missed it (as the Angels did), Sean Rodriguez struck out on Thursday on a 4-2 pitch. That, my friends, is very hard to do.

Home plate umpire Tim Welke reset the count during the at-bat, and when Detroit right-hander Aquilino Lopez delivered ball four, Rodriguez just stood there. He struck out swinging on the next pitch.

Rodriguez, smart fellow that he is, accepted blame for the incident. Welke, for his part, apologized to the rookie. The Angels ended up winning, 7-1, so no big deal, although I love this part of the linked article:

The oversight cost the Angels a potential big inning. After Rodriguez struck out, Gary Matthews Jr. stroked a double to the right-center-field gap that would have scored the fleet Rodriguez from first. Robb Quinlan followed with a single, and Mark Teixeira flied out for what would have been the second out if not for the strikeout.

So yeah, they would have won by eight runs instead of six.