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Originally Posted by GarthB
Holy Maple Leaf! You don't get it.
The PU DID MAKE A CALL. He called the pitch a ball because the pitch was not in the strike zone and he didn't believe the batter "went."
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So the plate umpire in calling the pitch a ball on a check swing, is saying that the batter didn't go around. And his appeal to the base umpire is just that; an attempt to get another opinion on the call, even if he say it perfectly anyways.