Tue May 03, 2005, 06:37pm
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Re: Re: Re: pardon my petrusion
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Originally posted by jstone999
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Originally posted by Kaliix
If they are running, it may be because of a passed ball more than a D3K.
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Indeed, I think that was the case...but BR went hard as well...otherwise there wouldn't have been a force.
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The umpire should have never called an out on the force, that messed everything up. He should have ruled the runner safe, no tag. And if he called an out on the force at home, how come the inning continued? Two umpires didn't catch this???
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Indeed, two umpires screwed the pooch. But, again, as I said in my post, I think it happened because the umpires were waiting to see how the play developed, because that is how they have been trained and that is their habit. At the scorer's table the PU explained that "everybody went." He was no longer thinking about how many outs or anything else; he was just looking at the play as it unfolded. He screwed up, no doubt. The question is: would he have screwed up IF he were in the habit of making sure that when BR cannot run on a D3K he should call the batter out. That's my only point.
jeffstone
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Everybody went. Smart catcher tags the runner from 3B for the 3rd out. Batter is already out.
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