Right call?

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Originally posted by Uncle T:
A checked swing was called a ball by the home plate umpire. AFTER THE NEXT PITCH the opposing coach asked for a clairification on the previous checked swing. The home plate umpire asked his assistant in the infield,and he called it a strike and they changed the count! Is that the right call ?

An appeal of a pitch must occur before the next pitch, so unless something transpired that you missed, no, this is not correct.

Also, there are no "assistant" umpires, just plate umpires and base umpires (and field umpires, in a 6-man system.)

Proceed with caution, Matt. Smells trollish.

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Originally posted by Jimmy03:
Proceed with caution, Matt. Smells trollish.

Yep. That's why I put the caveat in there.

Please excuse my terminology. No offense intended.
1st pitch check swing, called ball. No appeal.
2nd pitch called ball.Ump gives count...2-0!
opposing coach says whoa I thought he went around?
He asks for an appeal and it's granted. The plate ump asks the base ump and he say's he went around...and they went back in time and changed the call.

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Originally posted by Uncle T:
The plate ump asks the base ump and he say's he went around...and they went back in time and changed the call.

Did they use one of these, Uncle T?

Jimmy's subtle way of saying no, they can't do that. Once a pitch is thrown you can't change retroactively.

Unless there was a check swing on the second pitch and they were appealing that one?

No, 2nd pitch was a ball and the batter did not offer at it.

I think Simply The Best was the BU. After all, the call needs to be right at all costs...

(If you don't get it, don't fret. There are a few here that might pick up what I'm dropping.)

I get it...

Perhaps it will help to clear this up by noting that Simply The Best is the premier graduate of the Lance Cokalinski School of Umpiring.

agreed...but at least Lance is/or was funny

Not familiar with Simply the Best, but I have known of Lance for years. The last I heard from him he was operating the "Lance Cokalinsky School of Professional Umpiring and How to Get the Big Games."

His mechanics for nine umpires was pretty sweet.

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Originally posted by Jimmy03:
Not familiar with Simply the Best, but I have known of Lance for years. The last I heard from him he was operating the "Lance Cokalinsky School of Professional Umpiring and How to Get the Big Games."

His mechanics for nine umpires was pretty sweet.

Not as sweet as his class on how to properly wear three ball bags on the bases.

there was a time when ol' Lance was fine entertainment...."how to get the big game" was my favorite as well..

Not sure if it ever came out who was Lance, but he had a quick wit.....

(we all do go back quite a-ways dont we....I started back at Mcgriffs so many years ago...)

I think Gary's is where many of us discovered that we were't alone in the universe. I go back to circa '94

its clearly where I learned that I had some serious "un-learning" to do....

What a place that was, mcgriffs the "dodge city" of umpiring sites.....thinking I showed up in the '96 time frame...

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Originally posted by piaa_ump:
its clearly where I learned that I had some serious "un-learning" to do....

What a place that was, mcgriffs the "dodge city" of umpiring sites.....thinking I showed up in the '96 time frame...

I started late '97. If people think that umpires here can be a bit testy...

Remember "umphater" and umpee 1 and umpee 2?

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Originally posted by Jimmy03:
Remember "umphater" and umpee 1 and umpee 2?

Oh, yeah...

I wonder what happened to a lot of the folks there. JGG in particular--she sounded cute and I think she was about my age.

I started back on the usernets, McGrff's, and Jim's board that turned into Eteamz. There were some amazing people that have come and gone over the years, some good, some bad.

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Originally posted by Michael S. Taylor:
I started back on the usernets, McGrff's, and Jim's board that turned into Eteamz. There were some amazing people that have come and gone over the years, some good, some bad.

Was there ever a resolution to the Jim Porter meltdown? I heard that he had a tumor that affected his mental state and that he eventually died, or that he was simply a (insert word of choice here.)

I never did hear what became of Jim.....but went through all the times of the buttsnufflers and CC's prvate email list Umptalk....and all the flaming..

It was all I had back in the day, and I learned a lot from those on there....you just had to sift through all the BS to get the nuggets...

I think the tumor was a rumor. I believe he was on CC's private list for a while. As far as I know he just quit posting. I believe he just presued other interests.