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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Did you see the lineup Cleveland fielded last night? If baseball could be translated to beyers, last nights game would have been a raw number of 114 but been published as a 78. Choo is the only player who could start for most major league teams.
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Then, ya also have an issue with the home plate umpire calling this 1st pitch to this hitter a strike. I mean wtf do people think this batter is swinging at this pitch that should of ended the game? He just stupid? No. The home plate umpire extended the strike zone on that 1st pitch. So, Gallaraga's Perfect Game was gunna be pretty much Cajun-Style. It's a bad call, but it's not as bad as it appears to be. Other than getting the foot on the bag in time, everything the Tigers did on that play was hurting their chances of getting the call their way. The ball easily beats the runner, but Gallaraga isn't on the base. He searches for the base. He finally finds it right before the runner hits the extreme (home plate) edge of the base. Can the ump actually see exactly when the runner hits that part of the base? What (at 1st) appears to be an easy out call, did become a little closer. He did find the bag in time, but (for some reason) he extends his search after he's stepped on the bag. He did not help himself on that play there. He was awkward. He played some part in faking the umpire out. There is some selling to get calls in this game. This pitcher needs to fake towards it being called his way. He just did not do that at all. I'm upset at umps blowing calls at 1st, but this is about average on the fk up scale. They really do blow calls (at 1st base especially) that are this easy. I remember Bruce Froeming (name?) umpiring his last game in his home town of Milwaukee. Guy blows an easy call at 1st base. There is something about those calls that makes it a real problem for them. Isn't it the only force play where the runner doesn't have to stay on the base after they touch it? I guess the overall speed involved is a big problem. I think they actually are a bit too close to the bag to call this as accurately as we'd like. These calls are pretty easy for most of us watching on T.V., and at full speed. There's a reason they can't get them done as easily as Joe Fan can. I think they must be too close to be able to judge when these 2 things are occuring. We can easily combine the two. They are struggling to do the same. They are watching two things, and comparing. We aren't. People calling these games usually get these 1st base calls right, too. The umps are struggling to do the same.
06-03-2010, 04:01 PM
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