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The umpire in this case actually made the right call here. He called the runner safe at third base, which he was. The umpire is never to give away an appeal play to the defense. By not making any call, he quite possibly could have alerted the defense that something was amiss. Without proper appeal the runner would be safe at third.
The onus is on the defense to properly appeal. It is not the umpire's responsibility to read the defense's mind. The runner would have been out on the tag at third had the defense verbally (or otherwise made the appeal unmistakeable) said that they were appealing that the runner left early.
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Matthew 15:14, 1 Corinthians 1:23-25
Last edited by SanDiegoSteve; Fri Jun 22, 2007 at 01:31am.
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