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Old Fri Oct 08, 2004, 02:40pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally posted by Gee
I'm pretty sure that neither was a checked swing. Secondly, why would a ML catcher appeal while he was going back to the screen to retrieve the ball? Not good mechanics by the catcher.G.

Didn't see the play, but umpires are taught to appeal automatically, without waiting to be asked on a droppe-third, check-swing situation.