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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Has anyone ever seen an umpire rule that a player didn't make an attempt to avoid, therefore no base is awarded? I've never seen this called, at any level.
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There was a famous play no-called back in the late '60's when Don Drysdale was trying to break the major league record for most shutout innings pitched in a row. He hit a player with the bases loaded, which shoulda forced in a run, but the umpire(Harry Wendelstedt iirc) ruled that the player didn't try to get out of the way. Drysdale then got him out and went on to set the record. Wendelstedt took a lot of crap but later most everybody agreed that he made the right call. Gutsy call, but Wendelstedt was a gutsy umpire. His son, Hunter, is a MLB umpire now.