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Old Tue Jun 12, 2007, 06:52am
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Originally Posted by DG
So the umpire with the best view of a fly ball above the foul pole in RF, the 1B guy, was overruled by views from 2b and 3b. The PU is the only other guy with an angle on this so at best it should have been 1-1.
There are balls that U2 and U3 will see better - namely those that are foul and they can clearly see the pole between themselves and the ball. It's the reason now that ALL umpires at that level are instructed to watch the ball on an obvious ball leaving the yard.
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