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Originally Posted by jkumpire
Ji,
The level of Baseball I do, and I assume you do, or you would not be on this board as much as you are, is more than just for a plastic trophy. There is a lot riding on the games I do, be it for the players, or my self-esteem and reputation as an umpire.
But we are not MLB guys. However, in this case they by rule did not get the play right. On this play they were wrong twice and they ejected a manager over it. They were wrong in the original call, no big deal, and if Ozzy wants an early shower, he will take it. They were wrong the second time too when they let the play go. Two wrongs still don't make a right in this case.
I can't believe someone is NY is saying this crew did what should have been done in this case.
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Truthfully, my original comment about "getting it right" was not about what thay did for this game or not.
However, I have viewed the video several times and (from my seat here at my house, which you know is always easier to umpire from), bottom line was the ball was fair and the runner was out. That is how the call ended up. How they came about arriving at that decision is the discussion here. Yea someone screwed up and a manager, that usually finds a way to get thrown out anyway, got tossed. But bottom line was the correct call was made.
I do take every game I do very serious and so do the participants and coaches but, the truth of the matter is that unless it's D1 ball or above, they are just playing for a trophy. I only had the priviledge of doing 1- D1 game many years ago so I can't count that.