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Originally Posted by AVoiceOfReason
I thought Mike Scoicia (sp) was very calm and mature about the whole thing after the game was over.
The question I have, and I suspect some on ESPN or Fox will answer for me, is what signal did the umpire behind the plate give all evening for a strikeout, and did he yell "yer out!" or something like that. No question he gave the missed swing (no contact with the ball) signal and pulled his hand up to signal a strike. But what did he do when he called someone "out?"
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The umpire himself claims it was his "normal strike" motion. I heard on the Dan Patrick show today on the radio that earlier in the game there were actually two complaints made that the umpire was being overly demonstartive with his strike calls, and they looked like out calls. So who is to say?
The way I see it, right call or wrong call by the ump, Josh Paul HAS to cover himself and toss that ball to first, or tag the batter. It's very common for a catcher, on any ball in the dirt that is called strike three, to do just that.