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Old Sat May 22, 2010, 02:06pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Oregon vs. GaTech

GaTech imploded and got thumped by the Ducks.

YellowJacket fans all over the plate umpire, but I don't know why. Her strike zone seemed very accurate and consistant. The later in the game, the more the GT catcher would hold the glove in place, pretty much inciting the fans.

There was an INT call against a runner when she ran into the shortstop on a play. Pretty clean cut and called immediately. However, a couple innings later, GT F4 had a roller heading toward her with a runner advancing from 1B. The defender started to move forward, but in the BUs opinion, she initiated contact with the runner and refused to call the INT. He dutifully made his "safe" signal to indicate he had not violation on the play.

GaTech fans and coaches went ballistic. On the replay, it seemed that (at least, IMO) the ball was moving to F4's right, but she stepped to hr left and slightly extended her arms to absorb the contact. Umpires apparently believed she played the runner, hence stopped playing the ball and refused to call the INT.
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