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The umps are missing a good game

Anybody watching the Yankees-Angels game?

A couple of umpires aren't.

It's hard to remember so many blown calls in the span of a couple of innings -- two by a single umpire.

He was looking straight on as the Angels' catcher tagged two Yankee baserunners who were both standing off third base.

The ump called one out and totally ignored the other tag.

This was an inning after he called a Yankees runner out for leaving the bag too soon after a fly ball to center. Replays showed the runner didn't leave too soon -- and also that the ump wasn't even looking at the runner.

That was kind of a make-up call because the second-base ump moments earlier had failed to call the same runner out on a pickoff there, when the tag clearly caught him off the base.

Crazy. Maybe they should replace these umps with guys watching replays in a TV booth.

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Posted by Doug Clark on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 9:55 pm

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October 21, 2009 - 7:10 am EDT

Exactly the conversation I had with my son as we watch in utter amazement at these horrible calls. Does this fellow still have a job with the major leagues this morning?