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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Disagree. It was not a missed call or erroneous judgment call. Everyone in the place had the correct count prior to the second pitch except the PU. And how can anyone question an error if it was not apparent until after the following pitch? After all, the scoreboard had the strike and even the talking heads had it right.
The only thing needing a correction was the PU's indicator.
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The problem was that the strike WAS NOT CALLED on the first pitch. Therefore everyone in the park except the plate umpire was WRONG by having a 1 strike count. Since a strike was NEVER CALLED on the swing and miss it isn't a strike.
What part of this are you not understanding about this. If it is not called a strike it can't be a strike.
Yes, the PU screwed up by not calling it a strike, but it was never called a strike, so it can't be a strike, therefore when the first pitch was delivered the correct count was 1-0, even though everyone in the park, except the person who has to have the count right thought it should have been 0-1.
I completely understand that it should have been 0-1, but the RULE doesn't allow them to simply go back and say it was a swing and miss on the first pitch, so now it should be 0-2. The proper procedure was followed after the second pitch even if it did screw the defensive team.
You CAN NOT go back and change the call on the first pitch after the second pitch. This was what the Texas coach was arguing and why the count had to be 1-1. That is also why the U2 can be seen telling the Houston coach "That's the rule."
They got everything correct after missing the swing and miss on the first pitch. You guys may not agree, but the rule book is pretty clear about that.