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Originally posted by orangeump
this has to be some kind of joke, right?
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Not this time.
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Originally posted by orangeump
If he is "unsure" he did the right thing!
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Not in my view. Maybe he "became sure" with Dye's reaction, but in my watching of the play, Dye was more trying to avoid getting hit than reacting as if he had gotten hit.
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Originally posted by orangeump Dye started toward first, albeit not holding his arm or anything. He told you he was hit by the pitch, why not believe him? Has Dye ever done anything to make you NOT believe him before is the first question you have to ask yourself.
The pitch had NO business being at his body anyway, no business being that far inside and then the batter starts toward first. Well, you can go ahead and guess that the ball hit the bat randomly even though all signs indicate that the ball hit Dye, but I am going to go ahead and take a stab and give him first base and defend it afterwards. See who, in that play, ends up with more problems.
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MLB players never try to spoof the umpire. Is that your claim? Sure, umpires many times look to players for clues to the call, but they have to balance that against what they actually DID (or did not) see and hear. But, my original posting was not a criticism of Nelson, but rather a joke at his expense. The way you reacted, it makes me wonder ... Are you his mother or something?
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Originally posted by orangeump
As far as Doug Eddings goes, that has nothing to do with this play at all really.
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If I recall, you're the one who made this into a broader discussion
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you guys are seriously going to bash a major league umpire on a softball board?
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with your attempt to disparage softball for not being baseball.
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Originally posted by orangeump
And whomever the "big dog" or "tough guy" that you call the guy that wrote the article on this site is CLUELESS, unless he has been to triple A or even evaluated triple A games for a living, then there is no way he knows what Major League Baseball wants!
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Here is the article:
Third-World Plays Happen Only to Third-World Umpires The author posts regularly on the baseball board. Go tell him that yourself, "tough guy." While you're at it, go over there and tell the author of
This article he is clueless, too.
Let us know how you make out.