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JW is right. It seems to be politically acceptable, or even entertaining, for announcers to go on and on about how bad a call is. You might hear a play by a fielder or a swing by a batter, or a pitch from a pitcher called bad or even awful by an announcer - but they will not go on and on and on about how awful it was or how that player should be ashamed or reprimanded, etc.
(It should be noted that it also seems politically acceptable or even entertaining for umpires on a message board to go on and on about mistakes announcers make ... but I digress)
I would not say Dick Enberg is classless. I WOULD say that on THIS call, he behaved without class. MOST of the time, Dick Enberg is the essence of class.
This was an awful call by the umpire. This was also an awful lack of class and professionalism by the announcer. Neither means the umpire is pathetic all the time or the announcer is classless all the time.
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