[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

As you all know, I'm not one for interjecting baseball into this board let alone MLB.

However, with the recent discussion of calling/not calling the obvious foul ball at the different levels and rule sets, I noticed something from the highlights shown from the MLB's North American Championship Series (sorry, cannot help myself).

What I noticed were umpires making a safe call when there was no attempted tag on a runner who reached the base long before the ball. Also, umpires on the line, hustling out down the line on a basehit to the outfield. The ball would land 20-30 feet in fair territory and the umpire is running out there with his arm extended, ruling a fair ball. Well, running with the arm extended looked just as goofy as comparing the multible styles of footwear of the umpires. Also, if you wouldn't call the obvious foul ball, why call the obvious fair ball?

Just an observation initiated by the thread we discussed.

Your ragging on MLB umpires is pretty old and pathetic.
Get a life.