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Old Sun Sep 04, 2011, 10:22pm
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Joe was the covering umpire and probably got about 4 feet closer to the play from his position.
Did you just call him fat?
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Old Sun Sep 04, 2011, 10:27pm
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Did you just call him fat?
No, he called him slow. There are also fast fat people (Bruce Froemming comes to mind) and slow skinny people.
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Old Sun Sep 04, 2011, 10:50pm
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No, he called him slow. There are also fast fat people (Bruce Froemming comes to mind) and slow skinny people.
Certainly not Froemming in his later years. By then, he was virtually stationary.
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Old Mon Sep 05, 2011, 12:52pm
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Certainly not Froemming in his later years. By then, he was virtually stationary.
No, but Bruce routinely whooped up on skinny people who thought he was slow when he was a younger umpire. He would challenge them to a 40 yard dash and pound them mercilessly, surprising them with his speed.
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Here's the video if you haven't seen it yet >>>> Phillies Protest FI Call.

I don't think that the ball had a chance of going out but it may have hit the yellow stripe. I don't know if that would be a HR in that park or not. Also, there is speculation from the announcers that the fielder wouldn't have caught the ball. It is obvious that his glove hit the fan's hand and that caused the glove to close.

  • Fan Interference? Absolutely!
  • Should it have been reviewed? Going but the rules of replay, I have to say that I would not have reviewed it.
  • Was Joe wrong in doing so? That would be up to the commissioner (if there really was one).
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Old Mon Sep 05, 2011, 11:18am
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MLB tells umpire crew it mistakenly used replay | Bleacher Report

Somewhat related, MLB said that replay could not be used to rule whether FI occurred on a ball bounding over the wall in a ground rule double situation. It probably seemed to the crew that it was a very logical extension, but MLB specified the distinction then.
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Old Sun Sep 04, 2011, 10:51pm
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Did you just call him fat?
No, I called him lazy. Big difference. He's forgotten more than I'll ever know about baseball, but I haven't seen him hustle anywhere in a long time.
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