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What more did Ryne want Josh Paul to wait for from the ump? The ump made the univerally accepted hand gesture calling him out, and the ump has since admitted that he did NOT say, "No catch", which is the universally accepted call to make when the ball hits the dirt. Should he have waited for a certified letter?
What's really disappointing is that last playoffs, there were 2 instances where an umpire made the wrong call, a manager questioned it, the entire crew got together to discuss ending up reversing the call to the correct call. It was really great. It didn't happen in this case. The home plate ump never even asked the 3rd base ump, who had the best view. Sciosscia had to go out and ask him himself. Nor did any of the other umpires get together and discuss the fact that the home plate ump clearly signaled an out. Complete failure on their part.
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