re: Thoughts on the quality of the umpiring

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Yes. I understand split-second calls, human error. What I'm talking about though is umps with an agenda, like the "stay here, stay here!" guy. He obviously believes that batters leaning into pitches is a problem and he's taken it upon himself to make (to the point of ridiculous excess) it a point in his calls.

1st game, he told Slaughter to "stay here, stay here!" when it was obvious Slaughter could have literally done nothing to get out of the way of the pitch. However, last night, different ump, had no problem with the Florida batter leaning into a pitch.

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