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I havent got to watch the game yet, but I will.
I think softball has to do more to learn how to work TV games. If a ball looked way outside to everyone - then it was way outside. The public is not sitting there saying "wow that angle is off". They are saying "Whats wrong with these umpires?". So even if it was a bad angle, it doesnt matter. "History" records it as a bad call.
Angles CAN properly show a pitch - they put a dang yellow box up in MLB. So if NCAA and ESPN need to work on a camera angle, ESPN sure knows how to do that. Otherwise, what was seen is what it was. Period. And our credibility is hurt a little by that angle (if its a bad angle) OR it was simply a bad call and she missed it.
The umpires view is not expressed to the public at large. Ronald is just expressing what everyone else thinks about that pitch as well. So NCAA umpire staff need to take the post season games, and look very closely at them.. There is much to be improved IMO. This has been a very rough post season from an Umpiring point of view.
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