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Originally Posted by tjones1
Looks like he took care of business.
Is it just me or did Varitek pull that pitch?
I assume Jerry Layne said this who is the fill-in Crew Chief? Mr. Montague is who Mr. Tichenor is filling in for.
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Same thing Mr. Montague would have said "Crew chief said he took care of business appropriately and was glad to see that", and the same thing Doug Harvey and Bill Haller use to say with all the new young umpires who had just been hired or were under option (working up) that are now senior umpires. Even if, by chance, a young umpire ejects a little to quickly (heck, they say that about a lot of ejections, and even to the senior umpires many times), it is easier to tone an umpire "down" rather than the other way around.
Besides, most managers and players love to "test" new umpires anyway. That can even happen at the amateur level. Just think of the crap they tried to give you years ago when you were just starting versus the crap they try and give you now if you are a senior amateur umpire. You made the same great call in your first year and got a bunch of crap for it. Now, when you make that same call, no one says a word. Go figure. Right on Ozzy.