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Originally Posted by JIGGY
First off, catch/ no catch is not a rule application, it's judgment. Secondly, if you think a manager at that level doesn't know how to protest, you're crazy. They knew it was wrong, and they knew it was protestable. Let a few of those situations simmer for a while before the managers and players decide "to hell with the gag order and keeping peace!"
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It was an easy call regardless.
Something true in life -- rats will always look for scapegoats. Umpires are easy targets when all is normal, I agree that these guys will be even easier targets eventually, and it has nothing to do with the quality of their umpiring.