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Msuirondawgs

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Those challenges take some thought actually if you've seen or watch MLB very much. You don't want to burn them all by the third inning and then have nothing in a high leverage situation at the end of the game
 

GloryDawg

Heisman
Mar 3, 2005
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This is not going to be a good tournament for pitchers this week. They umpires are calling it straight.
 
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Called3rdstrikedawg

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Glad BOC didn’t bring his pitching coach with him. Missouri having no one up in the pen and the starter struggling tells me their pc formerly of Virginia is a dumbass!
 

Badon

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RPI-wise, is it better for us to beat Ole Miss and lose to Georgia or beat Missouri and lose to Georgia? I guess losing to MIZZ would be the worst case scenario.
 

patdog

Heisman
May 28, 2007
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7-6 Mizzou now. Bottom 5th, 2 outs. Looks like there's going to a lot of offense today.
Gonna be a long day in Hoover. 2 hours in and they're barely halfway through game 1. And there's 3 games after this.
 

CochiseCowbell

Heisman
Oct 29, 2012
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In fairness to the UMiss catcher, I'm sure that pitch has been a strike all season.

From the look on his face in the other thread, it looked like he was just thrilled to be able to challenge. Like he'd made his mind up ahead of time, "I'm challenging the first close one."
 
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17itdawg

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Gonna be a long day in Hoover. 2 hours in and they're barely halfway through game 1. And there's 3 games after this.
Just glad State plays the early game tomorrow. Looking forward to some late night baseball tonight though.
 
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Called3rdstrikedawg

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The abs factor also adds 2 inches in either direction up or down and side to side. Because the baseball is 2 and 3/4 inches in diameter.
 

GloryDawg

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I kind of feel for the umpires. The next guy is going to overcompensate, and the batters will have a high win percentage on challenges. The catcher has the best view of all four involved.
 

FlotownDawg

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I kind of feel for the umpires. The next guy is going to overcompensate, and the batters will have a high win percentage on challenges. The catcher has the best view of all four involved.
This is true. The catcher has a better view than the umpire and will probably be correct on more challenges. They are set up directly behind the plate, while the umpire is set up over one of his shoulders and his view is not directly straight on, which could lead to missing calls on either the inside or outside edge.
 
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