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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
Manny do you know why Fox discontinued using Steve Palermo in the booth to explain certain situations?
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Pete, not really. Pure speculation, but I'm guessing that there just wasn't enough demand for his services.
How often in a typical game does a situation requiring an umpire's perspective take place? I cannot recall, for example, anything happening in Game 2 last night that would have been worthy of Palermo's input. Even the base awards following Breslow's errant throw was pretty cut and dried. Some of the more mundane things like whether or not an umpire was in the ideal position for a play, whether or not a warning should have been issued for a plunked batter, etc., just isn't sexy enough for an extensive discussion.