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Old Fri Aug 06, 2004, 10:21pm
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You're always going to get grumbling on a play like that. It sounds as if you had a good view of what happened to me.

The problem with the play is this - it wasn't exactly a quality throw. Normally, an umpire will give a fielder a little latitude in getting his foot the heck out of dodge on a force play to prevent from getting spiked or his foot stepped on. You see this a 1st base all the time. Nobody grumbles. It's not worth splitting hairs on an obvious and easy out.

But as soon as the throw is less-than-good, you can't really cut the fielder the same slack.

David Emerling
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