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Originally Posted by yawetag
If there had been something a bit more major (i.e., Iassogna's call at the plate was actually incorrect), it might have given a glimpse inside how the umpires really deal with it and how it affects them. If that had been portrayed well, the fans might have gained a bit more respect to the umpires and how hard they actually work to make the best calls possible.
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Already done. We saw it with Jim Joyce's blown call on Armando Galarraga's lost perfect game.
But has there really been more respect displayed by fans? Initially perhaps. But it has gone away even faster.
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Fri Jan 04, 2013, 10:07am
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