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Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye
When the umpire pumps his closed fist, that signals "Out"...the Angels have every right to be absolutely livid.
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No...that is this umpires swinging strike call. He does that every time. As do A LOT of umpires. He did nothing different than he normally does. The fist pump does not always mean out, it also means strike. In this instance, it meant strike, and professional baseball players KNOW this...they've seen it for years.
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A couple things, I thought once you left the batters box and crossed home plater you were out anyways. I view it as stepping on the plate while trying to bunt. I am not sure on this rule, but that is thing that is confusing me is how he was aloud to cross homeplate and come back across and run to first.
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No. The batter may run to first until he reaches the dugout steps. That's the rule.
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Also I agree with Mili that when the ump made the signal he was out. I don't like how umpires take forever to make some of their calls. He had been doing it all night, so I am sure the catcher thinks to himself I caught he has been making late calls all nite, so he runs to the dugout.
I was watching the post game interviews, but still havent figured out who actually ended up making the call. Did the homeplate umpire overrule his own call of calling him out or did one of the base umpires say that the ball hit the ground.
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The umpires are instructed to take time on their calls. It is called timing. If you make a call to quick, you are more likely to make the wrong call. Being consistant slow on your calls is considered a good thing in umpiring. It's something that is not just taught to professional umpires, but also college and high school umpires.
The home plate umpire made the call. He never called the batter out. He thought the ball was trapped by the catcher. It was so close that none of the base umpires could have changed the call. But still, they got together, to make sure they did all they could to get this important call correct.