In the dirt or not?

[irefky]

I figured this would be a topic today. First, I hate the mechanic he uses for strike calls. My mechanic is, strike, point to the right. As a high school ump, standing on the bases, it appears this is an out call. I noticed this mechanic right off the bat. However, this is the same mechanic used by him all year, no one said anything until now.

I think this will be looked at and changed. I also think, that there is no possible way the PU could have seen whether the ball was caught, dropped, or trapped. If so, let me know how, because I cannot see it. I always get help from the base fellas. As a PU, if F-2 does what he did last night, I have an out.

I guarantee, when Crede hit the ball and the run scored, the umps were praying it would be an out and go into extra innings!

Over all, Mike Sciosia (sp?) was a class act. He did not dwell on this with the media but said they did not play good enough to win the game. A class act.