Thread: Foul Tip
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Old Mon May 05, 2014, 01:37pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
...if they didn't see it that is odd to me at least. And I am not being critical saying that, just do not know why they would not see this.
I can easily see why they would not see it. The ball's trajectory off the bat takes it pretty close to Yadi's mitt, at least from the gif video. It's not an obvious call where he goes down with the mitt on a low pitch, and the ball is then tipped and it hits his mask. U3 would be the only one who had an angle to tell, and it would still be too close to be sure.
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