[ozzy6900]

Well, as far as I could see, DeMuth must have felt pressure from the defense and on a 4 man crew, you can go into foul ground without a problem.

From the replays, I don't agree that Diaz was in a better position.

No, I like most of you, do not do MLB games. But what they do up there there affects the rest of us down at our levels. Since this whole meeting crap started, we amateurs are constantly asked to "check with your partner" on every whacker.

I think that if you all like meeting to get the call right so much, then why not do like NFL officials and meet at every play? Why not get the video cameras out for FED and NCAA so we can waste time looking at replays to make a decision. And finally, why don't we just put a time clock in center field and give MLB say, 2 1/2 hours to get 9 innings in?

Baseball is supposed to be officiated in the present, not the past. Here's the play, here's the call - that's it! If you don't make good calls, you loose your job (MLB) or you don't get games (the rest of us).

If I need help with a call, I go for it BEFORE I make the call as we were trained to do eons ago. If there is a possible rule mis-application then there should be a meeting. But I'm sorry, a bang-bang play should get one call - not a call, then a meeting, then another call. I'm for getting the call right, but that is my job, not a committee's.

So, I'm sure that most of you don't agree with this because our society demands investigations and verifications and political correctness. Well, this is baseball, not Watergate. I say save the meetings for the politicians. I'll just concentrate on the play and live with my call.... just as I am doing right now.