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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by rockyroad
Listening to the interviews with all the Angels players and with Scioscia, they aren't really too hung up with that play...
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And that shows both class and understanding of the game. I'm not trying to say that plate umpire cost the Angels the game. All I'm saying is that he made a call that he had no business making. We constantly tell guys, "If you don't know, don't guess". The ump just picked a really unfortunate time to make a guess.
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Pas finis.
In baseball, a call must be made.
Baseball umpires do no have the luxury of no-calling.
Given that the umpire did not see the out, yet the umpire is not allowed to stand there mute with a live ball, or dead ball with the participants running helter-skelter.
A call must be made.
Once a call is made the players should react accordingly, then after the play has ended the appeal process is in place to fix stuff.
If umps don't know the result of a play, they must guess, cuz the players are waiting.
mick