Re: Doug Eddings or Angel Hernandez?

In article <1129244960.796767.71380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"mrbrklyn" <spam-killer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> <<The other calls were close and could have gone either way, but that
> ruling was atrocious, and it was only made worse by the joke of a
> press conference where the other umpires back up this clown and claim
> that even on replay it was "inconclusive". They blew it, plain and
> simple. >>
>
> You can see it redirect when it hit the ground. Aside from that, its a
> judgement call which the ump would need xray glasses to see. The one
> and only clear thing about that play is that the catcher screwed up and
> never made a routine tag.
>
> Ruben

Ruben: I have seen the replay a bunch of times and I fail to see the
redirection to which you and others refer.

And, in all the years of baseball I have watched, I have never seen a
catcher tag a batter or throw to first when he knew he made the catch.
Whereas I have seem many toss/roll the ball to the mound.

If I were the Angels manager, I would order my catcher to tag the batter
after each called third strike or throw to first as a silent protest. Or
both.

At the very least, it would take the Angel's minds off being victims.

Harlan
.

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