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       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: brjones Date: June 26, 2012, 8:30 am
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       Bob Davidson lets Ozzie Guillen be the umpire and interpret Mike
       Matheny's double switch (in other words, Bob Davidson is awful
       at his job):
  HTML http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/26/bob-davidson-screws-up-a-double-switch-costs-the-cardinals-a-hitter/
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       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: brjones Date: June 27, 2012, 9:38 pm
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       Unbelievable...Mike DiMuro doesn't even ask to see the ball
       after Dewayne Wise dives into the crowd and doesn't come all
       that close to making a catch.
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       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: StrikeZone Date: June 27, 2012, 10:08 pm
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       HAHAHAHAHA!
       #Post#: 82490--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: CurtOne Date: July 7, 2012, 8:40 pm
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       Perhaps not a bad call, but another umpire making himself the
       center of attention:
  HTML http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/msn/zack_greinke_ejected_after_spiking_baseball_in_first_inning_video/11173997
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       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: AndyMacFAIL Date: May 25, 2013, 12:17 am
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       Angel Hernandez call Alex Rios out on this play that would have
       ended the game in the 10th.
       Luckily for Angel the White Sox won the game in the next inning.
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       #Post#: 131788--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: shasson Date: May 25, 2013, 7:51 pm
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       Jeff Nelson with a call so awful, it's hard to even get upset.
       They really need replay. This is just embarrassing for everyone:
  HTML http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/25/jeff-nelson-blows-call-double-play-mariners-rangers_n_3336389.html
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       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: CurtOne Date: May 25, 2013, 8:18 pm
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       At least that one's understandable.  The ump is usually watching
       the bag and feet and they hear the ball impact the glove.  He
       can be "forgiven" for not realizing it was the wrong glove.
       Maybe.  If you're kind.
       #Post#: 131793--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: shasson Date: May 25, 2013, 10:33 pm
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       2nd base or home ump had to have seen what happened. Silliness
       to get that wrong.
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       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: AndyMacFAIL Date: May 25, 2013, 10:44 pm
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       [quote author=CurtOne link=topic=78.msg131789#msg131789
       date=1369531095]
       At least that one's understandable.  The ump is usually watching
       the bag and feet and they hear the ball impact the glove.  He
       can be "forgiven" for not realizing it was the wrong glove.
       Maybe.  If you're kind.
       [/quote]
       You're being way too generous.  There was no need to make an
       immediate call on the play.  I've seen many times, and I'm sure
       you have too, where the umpire tells the fielder "show me the
       ball" before he makes the call of an out.  Granted, that usually
       happens at a bang-bang play at the plate or a fielder going into
       the stands but there's no reason not to do it at 1st too when
       there are two fielders that close together.
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       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: CurtOne Date: May 26, 2013, 7:07 am
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       Nelson at least admitted when shown the replay that he had blown
       it and said what I said, he was focused on the feet.  What's
       sad, Andy, is there probably were umps who saw what happened and
       said nothing.  They have it drilled into them not to correct a
       peer.  That's nuts.  OTOH, it probably would be chaos to have
       Angel Hernandez running across the diamond changing calls
       because he saw something else.
       Sorry, it was a blown call, but at least he isn't an Angel
       Hernandez about it.
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