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Little League: Kentucky vs. Texas
Kentucky batter attempts to check his swing as he's being hit on the hands by the pitch. Orel Hershiser correctly explains that the hand are not part of the bat, but since the batter was ruled swinging on appeal, it should be called a strike. Way to go, Orel! Hopefully parents everywhere were listening to you!
However, on the field, the homeplate umpire rules the pitch a foul ball, not a dead ball strike.
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Orel first said that it should be a foul ball.
I thought it was a top notch "throwing under the bus" move by the PU to explain to the coach that U1 made a call of foul because he doesn't understand much English. |
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It also appears they don't show replays of close calls more than once or twice, and I have yet to see a replay of a called strike three.
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I think it's in the MLB rules...they're not supposed to show it at the game anyway. Unless you're referring to the LLWS which the thread it titled...then I guess I don't know.
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The PU did end up blowing the call as well by saying on national TV that it was a foul ball, going along with U1's assessment.
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What bothers me about watching the LLWS is that the umpires call time/put the ball in play when they don't need to. IE after walks the umpires tend to put the call back in play. I didn't know that a walk was a dead ball situation
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I am not sure exactly how that works in Little League. You cannot leave the base until gets to(crosses?) home plate. Could you take second base on a walk if there was a passed ball? Is the ball live? Between batters? Not really, I guess.
Maybe that is why these guys are trained to do what they are doing...seems a little bit odd to me. |
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This holding up the pitcher/pointing the ball in is a combination of bad habits and a lack of training. |
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