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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
You're telling me you've never booed along with your buddies at a major league baseball game? You just sat there and said nothing. Wow, that's restraint.
When I umpire, I fully expect to be booed, as it is rich in tradition of this grand game.
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Not in many, many years. I do sometimes wonder what thay saw.
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
JR, please explain how misinterpreting a rule is basically a judgment call.
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Maybe the umpire "saw" the pitcher step off with the correct foot. Maybe he was confused. Maybe he blinked at that moment. Maybe he chose that moment to ogle a GLM.
None of those are "excuses" but I know I've (likely) missed a call fro some unexplanable reason -- case in point: HS Regional game. I'm PU. R2 scores; defense appeals he missed third. I can see (in my mind's eye) R2 approaching third. I can see him leaving third. I have no effin' idea whether he touched third, so I denied the appeal. Dugout went nuts. I'm "sure" I missed it. I have no idea what happened in that stretch.