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No excuse for calling it a ground-rule double
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<blockquote data-quote="TopFrog" data-source="post: 561989" data-attributes="member: 120"><p>QUOTE(Frogs On A Plane @ May 20 2010, 10:04 AM) [snapback]561968[/snapback]</p><p>LOL. Okay. I didn't disagree with you about him being stubborn. I just disagreed with the part that just because he initially missed the call meant he was unqualified. I actually knew Durwood and he let me know that umpiring is no easy job. I used to do it at my grandpas baseball camp growing up during the summers and I hated it as well. Umpiring 7-16 year old kids isn't that easy and I would imagine MLB is a pretty tough game as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Before instant replay you just lived the the call, especially in baseball. Always a human factor, and calls tend to even out over time. Baseball is tough to call, without a doubt, when you have close plays at a bag, at home, calling balls and strikes can be a very fine line. Most just want the ump to be consistent with the zone. And then they are the easy target for fans.</p><p></p><p>But, again, in today's game, with a rule and the ability review and big call ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TopFrog, post: 561989, member: 120"] QUOTE(Frogs On A Plane @ May 20 2010, 10:04 AM) [snapback]561968[/snapback] LOL. Okay. I didn't disagree with you about him being stubborn. I just disagreed with the part that just because he initially missed the call meant he was unqualified. I actually knew Durwood and he let me know that umpiring is no easy job. I used to do it at my grandpas baseball camp growing up during the summers and I hated it as well. Umpiring 7-16 year old kids isn't that easy and I would imagine MLB is a pretty tough game as well. Before instant replay you just lived the the call, especially in baseball. Always a human factor, and calls tend to even out over time. Baseball is tough to call, without a doubt, when you have close plays at a bag, at home, calling balls and strikes can be a very fine line. Most just want the ump to be consistent with the zone. And then they are the easy target for fans. But, again, in today's game, with a rule and the ability review and big call ... [/QUOTE]
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