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Originally Posted by Skahtboi
Misspellings and lack of proper punctuation aside, I would like to know how you know that the umpires make "major mistakes...about every other game." Are you expert in rules knowledge? Have you ever read a rule book, or seen one for that matter? Or, are you basing this knowledge of yours on hearsay testimony of other "experts" in the league, you know, those who will swear to you that for the purpose of rule application the hands are considered part of the bat and that the tie always goes to the runner?  |
I know bc I play in the games and witness all the bad calls/rulings
here is a brief example of some of the things Ive seen this year
gb to SS, who overthrows the 1B, BR is awarded 3B (only 1 ump that game), the rest of these examples all happened with 2 ump crews
umps say a physical throw is necessary to rule INT on the runner
umps think the BU is responsible for plays/runners tagging at 3B
umps not knowing what an intentional dropped ball is, by and INF <2 outs, runner on 1st...
umps not knowing that all overthrows are 2 bases from TOT (batter hit ball to LC, runner on 2nd thought it might get caught so he "tagged", ball was caught on short hop, SS cut the ball off, runner had long since rounded 1B, SS threw to 3B, but went into DBT, ump said "I cant award the BR 3B on a single to the OF" and yes he was aware that the runner was past 1B when the SS threw the ball
do I need more examples, or has my point been made?