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Old Thu Mar 07, 2013, 03:50pm
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Originally Posted by bellsjc View Post
Longhorn, I am addressing the question on why did the pitcher not get ejected for this clearly flagrant act. The video that I posted shows you that the home plate umpire did not put the ball back in play after time was called. An umpire that does not do the most basic thing as put the ball in play after time has been called cannot be expected to make the proper decisions on ejections.
He may or may not be a good umpire... but any of us who have been doing this a while and watching our "betters" at the MLB level have seen them fail to put the ball back in play hundreds of times. You've chosen an odd indicator for deciding this guy's worth.
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