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On the other hand, too often people criticize umpires for NOT getting together to fix a call. Remember the backlash when Jim Joyce stuck to his guns last year?
Pro umpires miss calls, plain and simple. And with all the HD cameras and super slo-mo capabilities in today's game, they're probably more reluctant than in the past to not check with their partners and then learn on SportsCenter later that they blew it when they could have fixed it.
Who knows, maybe they're conducting more "board meetings" to counter the argument that more use of replay is needed in the game. After all, if they eventually get the call right after the pow-wow, they're showing that there's no need to check the video.
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"Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist." -- Bob Uecker
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