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[QUOTE]Originally posted by David Emerling
I disagree, because the defense deserves an IMMEDIATE call from the PU for decision making purposes.
If the winning run was at 3rd, don't you think it would be important for the catcher to know if the batter was out or not? Or, are you suggesting that the umpire should make a "no call" and wait and see what happens?
Phooey! Don't you think it would be equally important for the offense to know also?
I think you're setting yourself up for and absolute sh*t storm should you do that in a critical situation. And this is why Doug Eddings is taking so much heat. He had probably been calling swinging 3rd strikes like that for a very long time and nobody either cared nor did it ever matter very much. But this time it blew up in his face in a League Championship Series with millions of people watching and cameras catching the action from every possible angle.
The only thing that made that situation critical was the defense screwing up.
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