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Originally Posted by quagmire
You seen major league players go to the umpire and say it didn't hit them? Do you have any videos or articles that have the player do that?
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You've never seen the ball glance a player and them step back in the box pretending like it didnt hit them? Ive seen it happen numerous times and im sure im not the only one who's seen that.
I just think that situations like this arent human error. Jeter pretended he got hit by the ball. The ump called it a hit by pitch because of the way jeter acted. Thats not human error, thats jeter influencing the call. If jeter would have acted like it hit the bat, we wouldnt be having this conversation. If you look at the Posada play, he didnt act like it hit him until a second after the play and he spun around.
Just because human error "is part of the game" doesnt mean it has to be part of the game...its part of the game because when baseball was first played we didnt have the benefit of replay. I mean how many replays did they show of the play before the next pitch was thrown. like what BTM said, a guy upstairs relays the call down to the ump. It wont slow down baseball more than it already is...I love baseball, but I think it can benefit from replay.