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Old Tue Jun 28, 2011, 05:46pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve View Post
How often do you think Ed Rapuano misses that call? Or any other particular umpire? Give me an example of an MLB umpire who misses plays at first base on a regular basis. Just because collectively there are many examples of bad calls (of which there is no dispute), I would be very surprised if they were attributable to only a few umpires.
They aren't, and what they have in common (at least as a generality) is a soft throw on which the umpire can't use sound to make the decision.
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