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Originally Posted by GROUPthink
Are you an umpire?
This is a very, very difficult call to make. The plate guy has *no* chance of seeing this. The other 3 umpires are over 100 feet away. The fielder charging probably had the best look at it and Leyland read his player's reaction.
I'm not going to blame anyone. I've been in this exact same situation and, well, **** happens.
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Exactly. The only reason the coach argues is because it went against his team.
I don't think he saw it hit the runner at all - I think he was just arguing.
From the reaction of the other players I don't think they could tell if it hit him or not either. The pitcher is right there and he did nothing but field the ball, and it looks like F5 is just pointing for him to throw home, not that the ball hit the batter.
Plays like this just happen in baseball.
Thanks
David