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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:37am
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The base umpire clearly gets blocked out by Gonzalez. Don't you think he should have asked for help from the plate ump?
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:43am
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Nope. He had that called and made it confidently. I agree with his call also despite what the ignorant common-taters think.
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:52am
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Don't you think he should have asked for help from the plate ump?
No.
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:56am
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 10:42am
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The correct answer is yes.

Yes - I don't believe he should have asked for help.

He was not blocked by F3 - he had a far better angle and distance than PU. (Nevermind that he missed the call imho) - PU's opinion would not be worth more than BU's here.
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 10:42am
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You have no way of knowing whether or not Barksdale's view was blocked.

His call, no help needed.
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 11:49am
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Until I can see a view from directly on top of the base, there's no way of saying the call was missed, either.
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 12:23pm
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Looks like it caught the corner of the bag.
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 01:35pm
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Looks like it caught the corner of the bag.
Pause it where it hits the line. It might hit an eighth of an inch of chalk - about a foot from the bag. then draw a mental line from there to where you see it caught. No chance does that line (even given the width of the ball) touches the plate. None.

OTOH - BU's view of this is VASTLY superior to anything any other umpire could have told him.
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 03:03pm
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You have no way of knowing whether or not Barksdale's view was blocked.

His call, no help needed.
Really? Did you look at the video? Pause it a 1:13, and tell me he wasn't blocked.....I agree with it being his call, but he botched it. Not and easy call.
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 03:07pm
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Really? Did you look at the video? Pause it a 1:13, and tell me he wasn't blocked.....I agree with it being his call, but he botched it. Not and easy call.
Very much not an easy call, I agree. But no one else can make it for him, and asking for help as the OP wanted would have been anti-helpful.
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 04:36pm
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No one will ever know if it is fair or foul from that video. Barksdale is in the best position to make the call and he made it. The end.

Regarding the commentators; IDIOTS! "the ball never landed in fair territory". That after they mentioned it hit the chalk!

Like it even matters!
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:30pm
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Really? Did you look at the video? Pause it a 1:13, and tell me he wasn't blocked.....I agree with it being his call, but he botched it. Not and easy call.
Yes, really !!!

I guess you can tell me what Barksdale is seeing this very moment as well.

You have no idea what he did or did not see.
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Old Fri Apr 27, 2012, 07:37am
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Really? Did you look at the video? Pause it a 1:13, and tell me he wasn't blocked.....I agree with it being his call, but he botched it. Not and easy call.
And your point is?
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Old Thu Apr 26, 2012, 05:54pm
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I love the commentators saying that it never landed in fair territory. Yes it did when it hit the chalk.

But someone has to make that call.

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