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Recently, there was a thread on changing call and I think Garth Mentioned that there is no concensus but after watching MLB these days IMO, Carl Childress's FAB V should be resurrected. If there is a "changing of the guard" then IMO it's changing for the worst.
Here's the latest debacle. Bosox and Drays
Drays have runners on first / second 1 out, when A line shot is hit to centerfield. U2 rules Catch and F8 throws to F4 to complete the DP. (R2 was off the bag)
Who else but Mr. Pinella comes out(only this time he was right for a change) and argues the call saying that F8 trapped the ball and did not catch it. (Replay backed this up) U3 who had a better look at the play says that F8 indeeed Missed the ball and now the call was changed.
They had a meeting and decided to put r2 at third, B1 to first and rule R1 out and second on the Force. Now even though the call was CHANGED Mr. Pinella was still unhappy.
I don't know if the game was under protest or not, but it goes to show you what can happen when a call is changed even if the call is correct when multiple runners are involved. Each team even with the call corrected was upset. It would have been interesting to see what would the result be if this were a playoff game.
Don't know what's going on in MLB these days but IMO it's a changing for the worst.
Pete Booth
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Peter M. Booth
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