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Originally Posted by Manny A
Joyce v. Galarraga happened in 2010.
Meals v. Pirates happened in 2011.
Welke v. Dodgers happened in 2012.
I wouldn't say those qualify for "long time ago".
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I'm referring to real umpiring and the way it is taught. This belongs in the same closet as the other bullshit "tricks" like:
Keeping on the move and make the coach chase you;
Turn you back to the sun and make the coach look into the sun, move if the coach adjusts to move into your shadow;
Try to cause frustration by basically showing no interest in the coach's comments;
And the old favorite stand-by, starting every statement with "in my judgment" whether it was valid or not.
Man, the old guys did anything they could distract anyone from what could have been an inaccurate, but correctible call.