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Old Wed Apr 11, 2012, 07:22am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by EsqUmp View Post
No, I'm not kidding you. The manual specifically says the plate umpire can call it. What's your problem with that?
My problem is that someone feels the need to "grant permission" to an umpire to call an observed infraction, especially one which is directly in the umpire's line of vision.

And remember, we are not talking about a "gotta think about it", but an obvious infraction.
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