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Old Tue Oct 25, 2005, 08:56pm
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Originally posted by JJ
Isn't it interesting that every year we get to see a half dozen new camera angles in the Series, but the same old voice-over explanations? When will the networks wise up and up put a knowledgeable umpire (active or retired) in the booth to give some VALID insight into the why's and wherefore's of the plays that are picked apart?

JJ
When? Never.No self-respecting umpire would work
in the booth,because the network would expect him
to pull a Buck/McCarver and throw his compatriots
under the proverbial bus.
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