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Originally Posted by lawump
Steve,
Don't give McCarver credit...It was Joe Buck who first realized and then insisted that Barrett had delayed his call to make sure Torrealba had held on to the ball...McCarver then subsequently agreed with Buck.
Not that I like Buck...but in this case if Buck wasn't there, McCarver would still be going on about Barrett having delayed his call because Manny "didn't touch the plate," and how wrong Barrett was, blah, blah, blah.
During live action and the first two replays I thought Barrett had missed it. Then they showed the third replay...Good call!
McCarver is clueless.
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McCarver was a player so his comments on umpiring need to be taken with a grain of salt.
McCarver should stop, look and listen before he makes his comments.
Before the replay even showed he said it was a bad call because he was looking at Manny's expression. He also doesn't know umpire mechanics. The call was delayed because Torrealba wanted to make certain that F2 held on to the ball which is what he was supposed to do.
That's why I personally liked it when Fox had Steve Palermo in the booth. I do not know why he is not there anymore.
McCarver comments on things too quickly and more often than not he ends up with "egg on his face"
That's why one needs to take comments about umpires from former major leage players with a grain of salt. They are "coming at things" from a different perspective.
Pete Booth