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Angel Hernandez to retire Tuesday, May 28th


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4 minutes ago, umpstu said:

Just a matter of time before some other umpire is dog piled.

Bellino +150

Valentine +200 (up from EVEN a few days ago)

Diaz -120

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1 hour ago, Velho said:

Bellino +150

Valentine +200 (up from EVEN a few days ago)

Diaz -120

Hunter has to be the odds on favorite 

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1 hour ago, umpstu said:

Just a matter of time before some other umpire is dog piled.

Sad, but true. Today’s society just has to have a punching bag. 😞

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55 minutes ago, The Man in Blue said:

The real question is how long fans will keep blaming Angel after he is gone because they don’t bother to pay attention.

They don't have to pay attention....The media, the horrible irresponsable Facebook groups, Jomboy, Etc. will tell the ignorant masses who the next bad guy is. 

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4 minutes ago, Vegas_Ump said:

How?

From the BRD, a Fitzpatrick interp from about 2000: "The umpire may reverse his call if everyone concerned ignored his initial signal."

I faintly recall at least one instance of an umpire other than Hernandez doing that in MLB.

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How about this?  Angel was PU.

2-2 Count R2, R3.  Batter does something that looks like a check swing, but the ball went down and past the catcher to the backstop.  Angel calls it a "foul ball"  Hands clearly up, signaling that the ball is dead.  Batter casually stays at the plate.

The catcher runs back, picks up the ball, tags the batter, asks for U1 to rule is if were an offer.  Yes!  He went!  Catcher says it was not a foul ball but a U3K.  Angel concurs!  Rules strike three!  Batter out!  Inning over!

Angel un-fouled a ball!  Allowed the ball to be in play again!  And ruled a strike out on the catcher's play on the U3K.

Gents, you cannot un-foul this one!

Mike

Las Vegas

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