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Old Mon Jul 10, 2006, 08:19am
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Are you as shocked as I am that Garner did not go out and murder Davidson?
In the Houston Chronicle today, it says that Garner agreed with Davidson's call.
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Old Mon Jul 10, 2006, 09:14am
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I've had this happen before to me when i've umped. Coach argued that the runner didnt touch third,and i was stuck at home with a play coming in,and my baseump was stuck with his duties at first and second as a possible play there. Neither one of us saw it so we had to rule he did touch it because if you dont see it you have to call the guy safe,whether he was or wasnt.

Not a surprize Davidson was part of this. I dont think he's that great of an ump,i didnt see the play so i'm going off of what you guys have said but it appears he made the right call,but if he didnt see it,he should have said safe.Oh well stuff like that happens.
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Old Tue Jul 11, 2006, 08:12am
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In the Houston Chronicle today, it says that Garner agreed with Davidson's call.

Yeppers, think so. Still.
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Old Tue Jul 11, 2006, 10:35am
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First, I agree that Oswalt probably did miss the base.

Second, I agree that there are calls where an umpire uses, let's call it "external input" other than his own eyes and ears to make a call. But in every clinic I've ever attended, a missed base is NOT one of those calls. This is a call that you HAVE to see to make. Davidson guessed.

Perhaps he guessed right, but that doesn't make it less of a guess.
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Old Tue Jul 11, 2006, 12:24pm
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If you have to guess on a missed bag, he HAS to be safe.

There are times when you can use external means to make a call in sports (I know soccer is a different sport, but in the WC Final, the assistant referee definatly glanced at the JumboTron to see what happened since nobody saw it).

Do you think there's ever plays that lead umpires in the MLB to have a conference and conveniently have one positioned to be glancing at the scoreboard?
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Old Tue Jul 11, 2006, 05:04pm
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Do you think there's ever plays that lead umpires in the MLB to have a conference and conveniently have one positioned to be glancing at the scoreboard?
They generally don't show close/controversial plays on scoreboards in the stadium. So i would say probably not in answer to your question. But it seems like a logical idea.
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