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The casual call is McClellands style. He does it all the time. Granted an emphatic call would have been better but McClellands style is what it is, consistent if nothing else.
I have yet to see a replay where the runner missed the plate. You can't tell whether there was a touch or not in any of the replays.
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I know of one MLB umpire who teaches rookies that there is no such thing as a "bang=bang" play. In his opinion there are obvious safe calls and obvious outs calls and he has never seen a close play. Really. Like McClellands style or not, agree or disagree, it is his. It is the way he has worked for years, and it has worked for him.
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Nope.. hasn't changed, proud member of the old guys class of 06
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Nothing in any of the camera angles showed anything that could cause a reversal had instant replay been in use. Everything that happened afterward on the field supports McClelland's call. The only controversy was caused by the announcers concluding the plate was missed which cannot be supported by any available evidence. |
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Given McClelland says he saw the player touch the plate (and he probably has the best vantage for that), I'm not sure why he said in the interview ""The reason I waited was to see if Michael even had held onto the ball, but the ball got away (even though I thought he was safe)," he said. "It's really not my style anyway." Safe is safe, his holding the ball is irrelevant. Sometimes umpiring is about selling a bang bang- so I think if he sells safe almost immediately, he is believable as far as what he thinks he saw. That said, if we end up with some eyeball bleeding yawner of a World Series like Rockies vs Angels, its not his fault.
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But the exact same article was posted yesterday and we've generated almost two more full pages of comments since then! |
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I'll watch with an interest level dictated more by the quality of the games than by which teams are playing. Clint Hurdle this morning: "He might have missed the plate, but they took a home run away from us earlier..." (not exact quote). Apparently HE thinks the ball Atkins hit left the yard. The replay they showed over the interview was definitely not conclusive. |
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You see, this is typical of this site. We amateurs (myself included this time in a later post) are so caught up in ourselves that we think that we can out call the top guys! We boast that we won't jump on our partner's call because we are 90' away but we feel that through the magic of television , we can make a proper call thousands of miles away. And no, instant replay wouldn't have helped in this instance either. That is unless the camera was looking over McCelland's shoulder! Instant replay (in baseball) is just a cop out for poor officiating or people who just can't accept the call made by the officials. Let this be a lesson to us - we should be as careful and cautious judging the pros as we claim to be with our own partners! In other words, practice what we preach! Regards - al finis
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