[WhatWuzThatBlue]

It's late and I'm bored, so here's my last salvo of the night.

Sal, shame on you for twisting my words like that. I simply pointed out that another camera angle showed the reaction of the USA bench. When they all leapt up and started yelling, it was what some of us call a tell. I'm sure that Davidson doesn't base his calls off of every reaction, but veteran umpires do make calls based on tells. Please don't tell me that you don't look for a double clutch tag or a batter that winces in pain when you can't tell if the ball hit him or the bat. The simple fact of the matter is that Davidson blew the call based on your keen sense of instant replay. It was his call to make and when the appeal was made, Knight kicked it. He should not have made the call and it fell to Davidson to do what he thought was correct. Hindsight is 20/20 folks. I don't believe that any of you wouldn't have called it any differently, given those circumstances. The pressure is incredible and the scrutiny unrelenting. He made that call based on what he saw. Maybe it was incorrect after looking at it in slow motion, but at real time speed, the runner flinched on his front foot and it looked like he left early.

As for those who think that Davidson is doing something to get noticed, hahahahahaha! He made an incredibly difficult call that he justified after the game. He is already a fill-in and gets plent of action in the Show. While he may yearn for the chance to dance again, he would be unwise to go about it as you suggest.

Team USA got beat by Canada and Korea. It took a controversial call to give them a chance against Japan. If there was a conspiracy theory at works, the odds makers wouldn't have put Venezuela and the Dominican Republic ahead of the USA. I need a drink.