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Originally Posted by RichMSN
Joe could've seen this tag, provided he:
(1) Read the bad throw
(2) Took a few quick steps
(3) Leaned and got a look at the tag
Look at the replay again. This time focus on how little Joe does during the play. Sad, really.
It's not the plate umpire's job to bail out base umpires on these plays. On top of that, there was an R2 at the start of the play. If he rounds third and keeps heading towards home, who's making the call at the plate?
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That's really sad, West really needs to think about giving it up, but he won't until he's forced out.
That's a perfect example of lazy umpiring. Perhaps he had the call right to start with, but then he asked and changed it??
Don't see how PU could say that he was certain he saw the tag. You would think that West would say if you are not for sure, let's leave it as it is, but it looked like he was caught flat footed.
And MLB wonders why more and more the umpires are being scrutinized.
Thanks
David