7-8-06 Cardinals @ Astros

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by RonRef

It seems to me that Bob D. just likes the call that puts him in the limelight. He also made a very questionable call in the World Baseball Classic where he called a player out for leaving third early in one of the semi-finals. Replays showed he actually left late. So many good umpires in AAA and this guys is working in the big leagues again....????

FWIW, I watched Davidson work a plate a couple of weeks ago (TV game) and thought he had a much more reasonable strikezone than the typically overly tight zone most MLB umps have. He was actually calling some corners.