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With respect to Gerry Davis's call on Milton Bradley last not. Did Gerry miss the call? Yes, he did. However, I think you have to take into consideration what the FOX commentators said during the broadcast last night when this happened.
At times such as these, your reputation proceeds you. As much as we try our hardest as umpires from little league all the way up to the MLB umpires, to leave past experiences with players behind us or leave known information about a players behavior behind us, often times it does not work out like we plan it.
For example, last night....I would have reason to believe that situation that Milton Bradley found himself in just a week before did run through Gerry's mind. With that being said, am I saying that Gerry (who has an awesome resume with regards to umpiring) have a predetermined call in his mind with regards to Milton Bradley...ABSOLUTELY NOT!! but I am sure that previous situation involving Milton Bradley did run through the umpires' minds at some point.
To the umpire who posted the comment "that it was unacceptable to blow the call." Be careful on saying that for that comment will come back to haunt you at some point in your umpiring future.
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