Here is my opinion in one sentence: Every single person who is complaining about the umpires, and this call in particular, and who have never umpired a baseball game, need to kindly and quickly STFU.
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Originally Posted by dileonardoja
Only two post out of all these about moving the bat? To me that was his critical error. It broke his concentration and he failed to get in a better position.
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Amen, screw the bat. The umpire isn't the designated field bat boy. Only time he should ever move a bat is when he has plenty of time to do so, while not affecting his play in any way.
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Originally Posted by jkumpire
4. Your plan is awful. So a team throws a flag (ha! ha! just like Little League) in the 3rd and the reply shows them to be right. Now you are taking away their right to throw the flag in the 9th on a close play when the winning run is scoring or a HR is or isn't a homer? That solves all our problems.
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How is this just like Little League? The flag in LL is for a runner leaving base early.
I like the Charles Barkley-style school of umpiring: each umpire should be allowed to beat the cheese out of one manager or candy-a$$ player per game when they argue too much.
