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APG Mon Sep 29, 2014 05:35pm
Report: 7th ump added to crews
 
Major League Baseball to add seventh umpire to crews for LCS, World Series - ESPN

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NEW YORK -- A person familiar with the plan tells The Associated Press that Major League Baseball will tweak its postseason tradition and add a seventh umpire to rotate between the replay booth and field for the World Series and league championship series.

DG Mon Sep 29, 2014 08:03pm
Had not heard, interesting. So the guy who starts in the booth works the plate for the 7th game, or what? Does he have a role in the booth, maybe to enlighten the announcers?

scrounge Tue Sep 30, 2014 07:36am
With replay and a replay ump in place, why are the outfield umps even necessary?

MD Longhorn Tue Sep 30, 2014 08:04am
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Originally Posted by scrounge (Post 940847)
With replay and a replay ump in place, why are the outfield umps even necessary?
To make calls in the outfield and near the lines.

scrounge Tue Sep 30, 2014 08:11am
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn (Post 940850)
To make calls in the outfield and near the lines.
Superfluous in my opinion....they're usually not that far from the 1st or 3rd base umps and rarely are needed anyway. It gets more guys playoff opportunities, which is cool, but I don't think they're needed at all.

MD Longhorn Tue Sep 30, 2014 08:21am
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Originally Posted by scrounge (Post 940854)
Superfluous in my opinion....they're usually not that far from the 1st or 3rd base umps and rarely are needed anyway. It gets more guys playoff opportunities, which is cool, but I don't think they're needed at all.
A fair opinion... but replay has nothing to do with that.

scrounge Tue Sep 30, 2014 08:30am
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn (Post 940855)
A fair opinion... but replay has nothing to do with that.
I think it does. In the rare event that an outfield ump is actually necessary, there's now a system in place which for many calls - fair/foul down the line, HR or not, catch/trap - may be equal or better. There are some downsides of course - placement of runners, etc - but since replay is here and not going away, I think it makes a marginal addition of extra umpires even that more marginal. No big deal either way.

Welpe Tue Sep 30, 2014 08:35am
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Originally Posted by scrounge (Post 940856)
there's now a system in place which for many calls - fair/foul down the line, HR or not, catch/trap - may be equal or better.
As long as the team has a challenge left, right?


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