check swing appeal - what a mess......

SanDiegoSteve · #22 (**permalink**) Fri Apr 03, 2009, 03:32pm

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Originally Posted by PeteBooth

The ONLY reason there was a clusterf--k? was because the BU called it a strike.

I can't believe that you would advocate an umpire making up things that didn't really happen for appearances sake.

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Originally Posted by PeteBooth

If the BU simply mirrored the call all would be "right with the world"

No, that would make him a liar, and especially so if it was obviously a swing, which would illustrate the fact that he has no character.

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Originally Posted by PeteBooth

and whose[sic] to say which oine is correct.

Nearly everyone else in the discussion, not to mention the widely accepted mechanic.

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Originally Posted by PeteBooth

ok to each his own

No, there is only one right answer, and mirroring an obviously bad call is not the solution. The right thing would be for the BU to immediately rule a swing in this situation.

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