[IRISHMAFIA]

What everyone seems to forget is that there are TWO teams playing the game.

Wow, SS made a great play, so there must be an out on the bang-bang play, right? What about the fact the batter hit the ball where the SS wasn't supposed to get it and made a super effort to reach 1B prior to the ball? Where is the reward for his/her effort?

B3 gets lucky because SS bobbles the ball, so the banger has to be safe, right? What about the fact that the SS had the sense and ability to regain his/her composure and the ball and make a play to 1B while the lucky BR doesn't even have the physical ability to get there in time even after the fielder originally kicked the play? Where it the reward for the SS?

There have been many times that I've seen great or sloppy plays and figure, "this guy doesn't have a prayer" only to see just the opposite. Call what you see! There are too, TOO many umpires who hear crap like this and apply it to EVERY play. It is wrong, period. There are two teams on the field and both not only pay for, but deserve a game to be called as it happens, not in a manner designed to allow the umpire more wiggle room and lesser grief.