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Originally posted by Rich Ives
The protest was:
"IT IS OUR CONTENTION THAT HE DID NOT NEED TO TAG HOME PLATE A SECOND TIME BUT ONLY RETURN TO THIRD BASE."
He has to retouch. Protest denied.
Personally, I think the "within a body length" in J/R is absolute bullcrap. Everyone in the ballpark saw a miss of a base and the umpire says "close enough"? It'll never fly. J/R has been wrong about several things. I think this is another.
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Everybody entitled to an opinion, but again, the protest was that he should have to tag home on his way back, so why you keep denying the protest, when you agree with it (and clearly disagree with J/R)? And who is the authority that says J/R is wrong?