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Old Wed Sep 26, 2007, 09:20pm
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Originally Posted by Steven Tyler
One point of interest. How oblivious is Brian Runge not to see a bat thrown at him? That event hasn't been mentioned by any of the umpire crew as being serious or I feel it would have been addressed at the actual time it happened. Whether you like Milton Bradley or not, Mike Winters is the one who crossed the line big time. If I have a situation that needs to be taken care of, I'm doing it then, not three innings later.
I read that Runge had turned to take a substitute and missed the bat flip by Bradley. I agree that the right response from base umpires would be to turn and walk away.
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