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Originally Posted by kcg NC2Ablu

yeah I talked to an ISF umpire about some of their screwy things and they had no answer about why they do it like that. also in regards to the foul territory calls, I know that they had four umpires last night so getting the "perfect" 90 degree angle could be some reason for that since they are always going to have someone ahead of them.

No, this 45 degrees to base and about 180 degrees to the throw. If the glove doesn't snap, the umpire can only assume the ball was caught cleanly. If an umpire is going to get this play from foul territory, she should have been no deeper than the end of the coach's box, 90 to the bag. That would have least given her the opportunity to see the ball get into the glove.

It was a routine play, but it's when the play is everything but routine when the right positioning counts

ESPN has some new camera angles that are interesting, but the same old talking heads in the booth. Why do they think a baseball guy can work this game?

And how about that "HBP, uh, wait a minute, no it wasn't". Meanwhile, the idiot TH originally said the player was out for turning towards 2B when she reached first. Say what? WHERE DO THEY GET THESE GUYS?!?!