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Originally Posted by CecilOne
Some items observed.
1) An umpire insisted a “catch and carry” award is a base beyond where they reached, as if a delayed dead ball. That required a very persistent debate to do it correctly.
2) An umpire claimed that on an overthrow going out of play; the 2 base award was from the time of the pitch. Continued arguing until the UIC had to settle it. That umpire then changed his call as to where the runner was; not quite 2nd instead of on 2nd.
All three of these issues delayed games several minutes.
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If #1 and #2 were the same umpire and your "partner", would you decline further games with him?