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"Personally I found this article hilarious. Davidson could have done some 'preventative' umpiring and avoided the entire situation, and international press bashing. He could have warned the pitcher before balling him. And could have backed up Knight's call, as Sal suggested, seeing as he was not in any position to make that tag up call in the first place. Yes Knight, messed up his appeal responsibility. However he did get it right. It was a former MLB umpire, and apparently a 'homer' who got it wrong."
I suggest some reading materials; the Jaksa/Roder, PBUC Manual, Evans' Manual or any local program that includes four man mechanics.
I don't believe Sal suggested that Davidson should not have handled the tag up. He questioned where he was standing, but that point is immaterial. He had an angle that allowed him to see both the catch and runner. Watch it again and you will see, though unorthodox, it was still his call to make. Only through the use of instant replay was Davidson's call proved otherwise. Do they allow instant replay use in Canada?
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