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JBird · 10-13-2005, 02:26 PM

[quote="Airborne Butters":95566]It's not the actual call itself in question, it's the fact that the umpire called strike 3, then called him out. In the replays you can see he indicated strike 3 then made a fist and called him out. I was watching the umpire meeting on tv and the umpire said "I didn't call him out but there's alot of noise in the stadium and blah blah" which was total bullshit. He STILL should have tagged him but the umpire goes 'out!' you presume you're in the clear.

All I can say it's lucky for the umpire it was a home game and not in California.[/quote:95566]

apparently you werent watching the same press conference i was. the umpire vehemenently denied that he made any verbal call at all. AJ also ran because he did not hear the umpire say anything.

if you were watching the replays i saw...you can see that the umpire raised his hand towards first base, which is his strike call....then he makes the out with his fist. this was also the correct call.

when a drop third strike happens, the strike is called first, then the out call. It is up to the catcher to either tag or throw it to first to complete the out. again i see no contraversy here, i never once heard the umpire backpeddle like you are claiming. noise? shit they had huge balls to come and take questions, usually the umps decline to comment after the game. perhaps they ran an edited version where you were watching. it was a close play, but i dont think it belongs in annals of baseball playoff history as a contraversial play. the right call was made here, hands down.

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JBird is Offline Senior Member Posts: 2,294 Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Chicago GO SOX \| BEARS \| ILLINI	10-13-2005, 02:26 PM [quote="Airborne Butters":95566]It's not the actual call itself in question, it's the fact that the umpire called strike 3, then called him out. In the replays you can see he indicated strike 3 then made a fist and called him out. I was watching the umpire meeting on tv and the umpire said "I didn't call him out but there's alot of noise in the stadium and blah blah" which was total bullshit. He STILL should have tagged him but the umpire goes 'out!' you presume you're in the clear. All I can say it's lucky for the umpire it was a home game and not in California.[/quote:95566] apparently you werent watching the same press conference i was. the umpire vehemenently denied that he made any verbal call at all. AJ also ran because he did not hear the umpire say anything. if you were watching the replays i saw...you can see that the umpire raised his hand towards first base, which is his strike call....then he makes the out with his fist. this was also the correct call. when a drop third strike happens, the strike is called first, then the out call. It is up to the catcher to either tag or throw it to first to complete the out. again i see no contraversy here, i never once heard the umpire backpeddle like you are claiming. noise? shit they had huge balls to come and take questions, usually the umps decline to comment after the game. perhaps they ran an edited version where you were watching. it was a close play, but i dont think it belongs in annals of baseball playoff history as a contraversial play. the right call was made here, hands down.