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Watched a lot of the womens CWS today. I was struck by how anti-umpire the commentators were, which since they are all ex-players, I guess isnt too surprising.
In the Stanfod/Mich game, a critical run scored when a line drive to F6 passed her and hit foul beyond 3d base. The commentators were ALL OVER the PU ("Smokey" somebody) until replays showed it "may" (in their word) have struck F6s glove in her attempt to spear it, which of course would have made it a fair ball (since ball was in fair terr at point of attempt). Never an apology or conciliatory word from them after 2-3 minutes of "of COURSE thats a foul ball!" "What is he looking at ?" etc.
Now watching FSU/UDub. LOTS of time spent showing asst coach for FSU 'watching' PUs strike zone and relaying it to F1. LOTS of commentary about how 'inconsistent' PUs zone is, how 'frustrating' it was for FSU and one commentator even called it 'questionable' !?! All this in the 2d inning.
Is this typical for softball commentators? Ive never heard MLB commentators openly rag on umps like this during national broadcasts.
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