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To: bwc2221
Im not a professional umpire so I cant speak to where he should have been standing but from his vantage point it certainly didn't look like the view in the video.

I don't believe there has ever been a call reversed by the Commissioners office, but if there has and a precedent established than this call will be overruled.

71 posted on 06/02/2010 6:54:07 PM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: Rome2000
His angle was good. It's a tough call because you have the throw coming from the second baseman and you're looking for a 90 degree angle on the throw. The runner though will run you over, so the ump will slide down the line and a little to the outside to let the runner go by. This guys was very close to the line as I recall.

It's usually not a tough call even when close, because you have two feet competing at the same small spot. As they've been saying, the umps get this one right 999 out of 1,000.

74 posted on 06/02/2010 6:57:32 PM PDT by whence911 (Here illegally? Go home. Get in line!)
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