just a bit inside!

[Thunderheads]

http://mlb.mlb.com/v...ent_id=24705607

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=24705607&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_24705607&v=3

[BRUMP]

This was off the plate.

[UMP45]

And?

[Dannytheman]

But was he calling that pitch a strike all day? Looked good to me. The idiot announcers, who say YOUNG umpire, admitted the player pointed to the plate, are losers of the RAT level mike mouths.

To close to stand there. Good call and good ejection.

[Fittske24]

I have the pitch off the plate. Looks like it might have been on the batters box line. That pitch is a ball at the big league level. Dosent matter that he called it a strike the first time. If he did, then he missed it twice. Look like he got squeezed a bit.

[PonyUmpire]

I hate when the announcers pull this "young umpire" crap. I've seen Bellino and Porter get the same treatment, and it really isn't fair, considering the amount of time and work it takes to get to the big league level.

[carolinablue]

Cliff just had his good stuff, that's all. :)

[BRUMP]

I hate when the announcers pull this "young umpire" crap. I've seen Bellino and Porter get the same treatment, and it really isn't fair, considering the amount of time and work it takes to get to the big league level.

+1

[UMP45]

Can't say that about BELLINO. He made it in 6 years?

[Haid D' Salaami]

8 yrs.. but still pretty fast..

[Mr Umpire]

I have the pitch off the plate. Looks like it might have been on the batters box line. That pitch is a ball at the big league level. Dosent matter that he called it a strike the first time. If he did, then he missed it twice. Look like he got squeezed a bit.

Agreed.