Why can't the catcher be bothered to actually crouch? Was the home plate umpire set in his normal postition call the pitch? Were the runners leading off aggressively?
I guess everyone was lazy here. In this sitch, as you know, the mindset is to get the pitches over with so we can get to playing real baseball again.
If this is the kind of umpiring the NCAA and Yeast want to hang their hats on good luck with that. IMO, they ruined a great ending to a great game.
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