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[HokieUmp]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Third world plays happen to third world umpires.

Really? Is baseball that well played where you're at? Or do we have different definitions of what constitutes "third world" baseball?

I don't know that I've had plays of the type that get posted here, but I've had plenty of games where players didn't know their a$$ from their elbow, never mind what plays to make. In some games I've had, I've felt like it's a game of 18-on-2; a textbook example of why God gave man the concept of time - so we could invent the time-limit rule.

So how does it become the umpires fault when crap like that goes down? We can't coach 'em, and can't berate 'em, so where does that leave the umpire?