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Originally Posted by lorenzeugene

And my quick search of PDX lead me to the pdxbeavers who speak highly of you.

*The home plate umpire had a wildly inconsistent zone that had both teams voicing their displeasure. Sledge and Hirsch were both the victims of particularly bad strike calls. Brooks Conrad protested for an extended period after being called out on strikes in the seventh. The disagreement carried over to the ninth when he took a called strike and complained some more. After going down swinging, Conrad threw both his bat and helmet in disgust.

The bad news for both teams: assuming usual rotation, the anonymous umpire will be back behind the dish for Tuesday’s finale.

Zinter drew a walk on four pitches to lead off the inning, moved to second on a Conrad single and scored on a Cody Ransom single to center. Jason Hill, Cassel and Craig Colbet all argued that Zinter had been outside the baseline between third and home.

There was a minor confrontation between Round Rock shortstop Cody Ransom and Beavers catcher Luke Carlin in the top of the eighth inning. No punches were thrown, but everyone was rearing and ready to go if there had been.

*The Beavers two run fifth inning wasn’t without controversy. After Bobby Hill and Jason Hill led off the frame with back-to-back singles, pitcher Seth Etherton was called upon to lay down a sacrifice bunt, but was called for touching the ball in fair territory on an appeal to the first base umpire. The home plate umpire didn’t clearly rule on the play, but Albuquerque catcher Paul Hoover protested immediately. Skipper Dean Treanor took over the argument with the plate arbitrator who asked the first base umpire for help. After a brief discussion, Etherton was called out. Craig Colbert immediately took up the issue, getting an explanation from all three umpires before he was done. Meanwhile, Etherton waited at the right handed batter’s box, believing the ball was foul.

According to your "pdxbeavers" home town, you're doing a great job.
From your favorite supporter nearest the BOS, and your favorite fan in New England, good luck with your business decisions.

I'm very sorry to interupt your confrontations, but don't you think, everybody thinks that this problems could appear even if the regular Umpires was on place. It's something that could happen to anyone, good or bad Umpire, so give them a chanche to do what they only dream of.