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To: rickmichaels

The catcher never had control of the ball.
The runner stayed in the baseline
The runner touched the plate, and then went back and re-touched the plate.

The umpire should be fired.
The other umps should be fired.

The call was so bad that I can only surmise that the home plate ump was paid off. The conference with the other umpires was a decision on how to split the bribe, not tto discuss the merits of the call.

Bad for baseball.


11 posted on 06/18/2015 9:18:16 AM PDT by kidd
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To: kidd
The conference with the other umpires was a decision on how to split the bribe, not tto discuss the merits of the call.

LOL!

12 posted on 06/18/2015 9:20:55 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: kidd

It looked like the ump was pointing to the runner’s hand - is it possibe the call was made because he thought the runner illegally used his hands to try to make the catcher lose possession of the ball?


13 posted on 06/18/2015 9:25:57 AM PDT by zencycler
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