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Old Wed Oct 21, 2009, 10:09am
kylejt kylejt is offline
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Originally Posted by jkumpire View Post

Maybe it is another reason why the the plate umpire should have the tag at 3B to begin with.
No. In a four, or six man crew, U3 should be able to line up the the catch and tag. Tim failed to do so, didn't see the tag up, and guessed. The BIG problem was that he called what he didn't see. In that case, you always give the benifit of the doubt to the runner. ALWAYS.

You've got to be 100% sure to make that call. THAT was the big mistake.