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Originally posted by LMan
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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Well, if you want to tag McCarver and Morgan as "real" MLB commentators, I would have to disagree.
The women in the booth and on the field for this NCAA NC Tournament haven't a clue how the rules apply to the game. They call the game, play by play with no apparent ability to string them into a complete inning. Ward recently noted how a ground ball advanced the runner to 2B, and then noted that the throw to 1B was the 3rd out. The proceded to let the audience know that since it was the 3rd out, it really doesn't make any difference that the runner advanced to 2B.
Well, NO S H I T!