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       #Post#: 131806--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: Cactus Date: May 26, 2013, 8:08 am
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       [quote]
       Everyone felt that Josh Willingham slid close enough to the bag
       to not be called for interference in the third inning on
       Saturday. Willingham was close enough to reach down and touch
       the bag if he thought it was necessary. But umpire Joe West
       called Willingham for interference and made Joe Mauer, who was
       on third, return to second. ``I've never had the rule explained
       to me like that before,'' Hammer said. ``He said I didn't make
       an attempt to touch the bag, but the bag was right there. Twins
       manager Ron Gardenhire came out to argue and eventually was
       tossed for the second time this season and 64th in his career.
       Gardenhire tried to get West to look at where Willngham slid,
       which was near the bag. ``He said, `don't point at my dirt,' ''
       Gardenhire said, ``and I pointed at his dirt.''
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       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: Eastcoastfan Date: May 26, 2013, 8:57 am
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       Lol!
       #Post#: 131809--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: Cactus Date: May 26, 2013, 10:02 am
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       The Joe West call at second may have been correct.  Josh
       Willingham had his back to the base and could not have reached
       it.  Unfortunately, we don't get to see Ron Gardenhire pointing
       at Joe West's dirt.
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       #Post#: 133667--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: Cactus Date: June 7, 2013, 1:22 pm
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       Umpires blow two calls on the same play Thursday night in
       Colorado
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       #Post#: 133843--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: brjones Date: June 8, 2013, 3:24 pm
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       Currently on CB Bucknor's Wikipedia page:
       [quote]
       C. B. Bucknor (born August 23, 1962) is a Jamaican umpire in
       Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League from
       1996 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He is
       also the first blind person to ever be an umpire in the MLB.
       [/quote]
       #Post#: 133850--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: ticohans Date: June 8, 2013, 3:54 pm
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       Awesome
       #Post#: 133868--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: CurtOne Date: June 8, 2013, 6:03 pm
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       That's hilarious.
       Somebody put "First certifiably insane umpire" on Angel's page.
       #Post#: 135999--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: Cactus Date: June 24, 2013, 8:45 am
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       Is this the solution to bad umpiring?
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       Actually, it was Star Wars Day at Chase Field.  The umpires were
       Kerwin Danley, Bob Davidson, Jim Reynolds, and Paul Schrieber.
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       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: FITS Date: July 15, 2013, 5:33 am
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       Somebody delete and ban the spammer please.
       #Post#: 138896--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Four Blind Mice
       By: Jes Beard Date: July 15, 2013, 5:45 am
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       Only four posts from the guy, and all four are spam.
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