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Old Fri Aug 17, 2012, 04:14am
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Everyone Loses the Count?
Who's on first? Umpires lose count
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Old Fri Aug 17, 2012, 08:13am
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Looks to me like the only person who lost the count was the pitcher.
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Old Fri Aug 17, 2012, 09:24am
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Looks to me like the only person who lost the count was the pitcher.
Agreed.
The article says the appeal to the score keeper saved the crew, but they kept the call. Those two statements are mutually exclusive here.
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Old Fri Aug 17, 2012, 10:28am
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Looks to me like the only person who lost the count was the pitcher.
"Pitcher loses count": a headline that won't sell papers.
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Old Fri Aug 17, 2012, 11:35am
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I don't understand how this travestry can happen, if the umpire has an indicator?
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Old Fri Aug 17, 2012, 12:58pm
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I don't understand how this travestry can happen, if the umpire has an indicator?
Hahahahaha! Whoo hooo hoooo! Heee heeeee heee!
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Old Fri Aug 17, 2012, 02:03pm
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I don't understand how this travestry can happen, if the umpire has an indicator?
You must be the guy that commented on the article ... that's what he said, in harsher terms.
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Old Fri Aug 17, 2012, 03:08pm
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You must be the guy that commented on the article ... that's what he said, in harsher terms.
I take the Fifth, on the grounds that I refuse to read 200 threads on the pros and cons of using or not using an indicator.
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Old Fri Aug 17, 2012, 03:31pm
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I take the Fifth, on the grounds that I refuse to read 200 threads on the pros and cons of using or not using an indicator.
There were 2 posts. The first guy jumped all over the umpire for not having an indiclickeracrutcherater... the second jumped on him for thinking MLB guys carry them.
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