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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
And naturally, I'm old school as well. I guess it will take my retirement (again, as I have more lives than Bret Favre apparently  ) to get me to stop calling it. I make the player make the most of the play, and I thought that Aybar, by straddling the base, then pivoting to position his right leg on the backside of the base, had demonstrated enough "neighborhood." That's my opinion. I don't think I am "dead wrong" in any shape or form, just have a different, old school opinion. |
No, you're not wrong; you're
also right, like we determined. The fielder can be "near" the bag or make it "look good" and still be given the out.
... But I'm still making the fielder touch it at some point.