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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
Yeah, they kept trying to get Smoltz to agree with them, but Smoltz thought Lilly was throwing at Renteria on purpose too. Smoltz said that the umpire did what he was supposed to do, and that normally the players would take care of it, but not in this case.
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Steve,
You and I both know that Smoltz would rather have the umps stay out of this.
When asked if he'd ever been thrown out of a game under similar circumstances he told his story of a few years ago.
I'm sure you heard it.
He basically said if the umps would have stayed out of it the matter was settled, instead they inserted themselves and according to Smoltz things got much worse.
You know that Smoltz is smart enough not to directly criticize this crew or Wolf for the matter at hand and peeve them off, for obvious reasons.
He certainly made it perfectly clear where he stood on this matter.
I know you're perceptive enough to have caught his veiled criticism.