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Originally Posted by Manny A
According to MD, because Mike and Steve said so.  |
No, just confirmed what Andy has stated earlier that this is how we were trained.
No one is disagreeing that the "bat to ball" argument should not be the case when the bat is moving away, but that isn't how it was interpreted for us over the years.
And the reason for that may simply be the difficulty in the umpiring making that quick a decision on two moving items. And remember, the umpire doesn't have instant replay or necessarily all the proper angles necessary to get it correct on a consistent basis.