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It's clear that the ball didn't hit the dirt.

Yes, it's clear when you have still frames and slow motion replay. But at full speed (The speed they have to make the decision at) it's not so clear. It's not as clear as you make it seem. It's the saem thing as the Denkiner (SP?) call in '85, looks clear with slow motion but it is not clear at full speed.

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I have a strange feeling some Cardinals are gonna be complaining about the calls that have gotten LaRussa and Edmonds ejected today.

Also, why does everyone assume that the Angels would have won game 2 without that call?

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Bottom line is.... YOU CANNOT QUESTION THE STRIKE ZONE. If you were, nearly every close pitch and every called strike 3 would be argued from the dugout or batter's box and games would last dang near 4 hours.

Blame Jim Edmonds. He knows he can't call an umpire the P-U-double S-Y word and get away with it.

I'll agree with you though.....Phil Cuzzi does not have the best strike zone. He's only been in the league for 6 years and has two Division Series under his belt. This is his first LCS.

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After that call the series was 1-1

the Angels couldn't win ONE game at home?

Can't blame the Umps for the lost of the series. The White Sox were just better.

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After that call the series was 1-1

the Angels couldn't win ONE game at home?

Can't blame the Umps for the lost of the series. The White Sox were just better.

I agree with you. I thought "The Angels had 3 straight home games... and lost all three of them".

It's a bit silly say that the guys had low moral because of that famous call.

jkrdevil, of course. We can say that the umpire blown his call but he couldn't see properly from his actual position. The other umps are a bit far from home plate and that was a night game.

As someone said around the forum, the catcher always must touch the batter after the third strike to avoid further problems. And Angels' Paul didn't do it.

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In terms of the Pierzynski play, this is why the local high school coach on one occasion pulled the catcher out of the game because he didn't throw the third strike to first, even though the ball was obviously cleanly caught. We were taught to always complete the play at first, because that way there is no question that the batter is out.

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