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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 09:35am
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 09:52am
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I used to think in my first or second year that player reactions normally indicated what happened (ball of the foot, etc.) until I saw that youtube with the OK player who acted like he was HBP immediately, and replays showed he wasn't. Players have gotten used to trying to buy the call right away.

It seemed like the way Saltalamacchia scrambled for the ball right away that he at least didn't assume a foul ball, so it was probably indistinguishable to anybody but the batter. And as stated above, I don't necessarily believe him, but don't disbelieve him either. No different than a close banger to end the game I suppose.
actually it was a kid from Arkansas... here is that video..very funny.. btw that kid was stupid and then get thrown out for being a dumbazz...

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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 10:13am
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 10:14am
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actually it was a kid from Arkansas... here is that video..very funny.. btw that kid was stupid and then get thrown out for being a dumbazz...

YouTube - Ole Miss - Arkansas baseball...Emmy Nominations
Van Horn is a rat through and through. There are several classics on YouTube of him getting dumped. I know you're supposed to stand up for your player, but how could he defend the kid in that situation? The PU should have ran him in addition to the player.
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 11:46am
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 02:16pm
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Where was his mechanic?
quick question on the OP video.
Why didn't the PU give a dropped-third-strike mechanic?

Would have saved him some trouble. I know for HS we're instructed to give our strike mechanic followed by the safe mechanic, and I know this is standard to some veteran umpires around these forums as well.
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 03:12pm
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quick question on the OP video.
Why didn't the PU give a dropped-third-strike mechanic?

Would have saved him some trouble. I know for HS we're instructed to give our strike mechanic followed by the safe mechanic, and I know this is standard to some veteran umpires around these forums as well.
I was at the game. It was obvious to everyone the ball was in the dirt. If he thought it was foul he would have thrown both hands in the air.
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 03:28pm
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What is that old adage... tie goes to the runner? No... hands are part of the bat? No... maybe it was: "Run 'till they call it foul." You might look funny for a little while, but it is easier to explain why you were running, then why you didn't and it ended the game.
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 05:26pm
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"quick question on the OP video.
"Why didn't the PU give a dropped-third-strike mechanic?

"Would have saved him some trouble. I know for HS we're instructed to give our strike mechanic followed by the safe mechanic, and I know this is standard to some veteran umpires around these forums as well."
Because it was not an uncaught mechanic. It was clear that F2 did not catch the ball.

The only call necessary in this sequence would be both hands up if the ball was called foul. When that signal wasn't made it is quite clear that F2 had not caught the third strike.
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 07:47pm
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Thanks for the sigh and the answer Tim. Stay classy!
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Thanks for the sigh and the answer Tim. Stay classy!
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 10:18pm
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Thanks for the sigh and the answer Tim. Stay classy!
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Old Wed Aug 05, 2009, 01:01am
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haha, so does every answer bother him? Or just ones he has to give to newbies? It's a forum where we ask questions, and he sounds bothered to have to...answer...questions.
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haha, so does every answer bother him? Or just ones he has to give to newbies? It's a forum where we ask questions, and he sounds bothered to have to...answer...questions.
He still talks that way to me. And I'm not all alone, either. He is old, you see, and very set in his ways!




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Old Wed Aug 05, 2009, 01:32am
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haha, so does every answer bother him? Or just ones he has to give to newbies? It's a forum where we ask questions, and he sounds bothered to have to...answer...questions.
Tim does not suffer fools well. I don't see that as a sin.
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