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Old Mon Jun 01, 2009, 09:29pm
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At least the TV crew realized the run rules were lifted for the finals! The PU, Sally Walker, called ball game and umpires walked off field after 6th inning with score 8-0. Had to call them all back onto field to finish game. Not good communication somewhere along the chain of command there!
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Old Mon Jun 01, 2009, 10:40pm
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At least the TV crew realized the run rules were lifted for the finals! The PU, Sally Walker, called ball game and umpires walked off field after 6th inning with score 8-0. Had to call them all back onto field to finish game. Not good communication somewhere along the chain of command there!
Holy crap, how embarrassing would THAT be for an umpire on national TV?
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Old Mon Jun 01, 2009, 11:30pm
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Holy crap, how embarrassing would THAT be for an umpire on national TV?
If you think it was embarassing for the umpires, how embarassing was it for both teams who already lined up for congratulatory handshakes, the ground grew who already picked up the bases and the fans who were already heading toward the exits?
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Old Mon Jun 01, 2009, 11:33pm
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I love the look on the ground guy's face when he tried to sneak 1B back onto the field. That should be an Instant Classic.
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Old Mon Jun 01, 2009, 11:37pm
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I love the look on the ground guy's face when he tried to sneak 1B back onto the field. That should be an Instant Classic.
I missed the fact that the run rule was suspended....turned away in the 6th... and happened to flip back in the bottom of the 7th wondering wth was goin on....!
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Old Mon Jun 01, 2009, 11:48pm
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Maybe when they told the TV crew about suspending the run rule, they should have said something to the players, coaches AND umpires.

Sounds like someone drop the ball!

And how POed is someone going to be when they have to play an inning beyond what would normally be a completed game and lose someone to an injury?

Why change the rules?
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Old Tue Jun 02, 2009, 07:57am
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Holy crap, how embarrassing would THAT be for an umpire on national TV?
Can you say: BLUNDER
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Old Tue Jun 02, 2009, 11:34am
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no big deal ... someone along the way forgot to fwd an email

everyone knows now
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Old Tue Jun 02, 2009, 11:36am
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no big deal ... someone along the way forgot to fwd an email

everyone knows now
Guess it was a bad idea to configure the umpires' email to automatically delete anything with the subject that contains "Fwd" huh?

Man, so many geek jokes I could use on this story...
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