Scab Umpires

[jont]

I had a good friend who was at the game in question. While the call could have been missed by professional umpires as well, the chances of such are very unlikely as the call certainly was not a difficult one according to the rules. However, under no circumstances would a professional umpire have a "15 minute argument" over the play as happened in this case! This is the worst part of the umpiring in this situation, not the missed call. If you miss a call that happens, although this particular situation is one where after getting together, the umpires should have been able to make a correct ruling. Apparently, for most of the 15 minutes manager Razor Shines was screaming at one of the umpires. This is competely unacceptable. Triple A players and managers certainly know when they should be run and apparently the umpires would not oblige Shines and run him during the argument. After the incident, the game turned into a complete farce as Shines yelled at the plate guy about every pitch before he finally ran him two innings to late. He then proceeded to shred his lineup card on the umpire treating him with all the respect he apparently deserved for his gutless handling of the situation.