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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
IMO, the aforementioned is what is "getting lost in the translation"
The EXPECTED call IMO delas with plays in which the runner is out by a GOOD MARGIN not a narrow or close margin.
We are talking about plays in which the throw is "right-on" tag where it is supposed to be and the runner is out by some 3-4 steps not a Narrow margin. Whenever the play is close I think even the "old school" way is call what you see.
IMO, I think that is what is getting lost in this discussion.
Pete Booth
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I can flyspeck it if you want--a margin to me is measured in time, not in feet or steps. The throw beat the sliding runner by three feet, which sounds like a wide margin in print but is less than a second in real time. F5 gloved the perfect throw a foot off the ground, slapped the dirt in front of the sliding R1, and came up throwing. I'm sure it looked to all the world that R1 was out.