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The only problem with I had with the call is that it took him too long to realize that the double hit he heard wasn't the ball hitting the batter. By pausing and not pointing to the batter, the PU gave the catcher a chance to put his two cents in and then it looked like the catcher talked him into it. I heard the two sounds in real time and thought that the ball hit Giambi. But as soon as he didn't react, I knew it hit the bat. I think if the PU points the batter right away that tells every he saw something and buys him just enough time to determine if his next move is to call a strike (and an out in this case) or award him his base.
Personally, I loved the Girardi tirade. I think that it fired up his club, took the pitcher out of his rhythm (he couldn't find the plate after that) and gave the PU a little deserved crap for making it look like he got talked into the call by the catcher, even though the PU did get the call right.
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Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know. ~Socrates
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