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Old Wed Jul 20, 2005, 11:58am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally posted by LIIRISHMAN
The H/P runner out/safe is strictly a judgment call.No UIC in his right mind would honor the protest.Otherwise we'd be setting a precedent on a umpires judgent calls.IMHO the umpire was wrong to rule the runner safe.Once the catcher signalled for time she's demonstrated control.
Ask the umpire the right question in a certain order and get the right answers and it very easily becomes an interpretation issue which is protestable.

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