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Old Wed Apr 25, 2012, 03:48pm
jwwashburn jwwashburn is offline
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Originally Posted by GROUPthink View Post
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.
Why, yes, I am.

I am not saying the crew screwed up. I am just curious how four guys could not see what a 127 year old manager could see from behind the play. He might have reacted to his fielder but, he seemed to be out there mighty quickly.
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