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Not a Braves fan who doesn’t remember that- good news is he owes us a big fat one. And he damn well knows it. I plan to get there early. He will hear - politely - about it.
 
Hulavol said:
Not a Braves fan who doesn’t remember that- good news is he owes us a big fat one. And he damn well knows it. I plan to get there early. He will hear - politely - about it.
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I went to a regular season game where he was part of the crew and when they announced his name on the big screen he got big time boo'd.
 
bravesfanforlife88 said:
You can hear Joe Simpson say “this is embarrassing” I wish a beer bottle had been flung his way
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I love the hypocrisy of people saying Braves fans don’t care enough to sell out the stadium yet the same people trashing us for this.
If philly did what Atlanta did it would go down in sports lore like the Santa snowball myth.
 
Looking back at that whole situation... there was no "pressure" or anything for him to make that call. It isn't like he was the only guy responsible, and needed to be the one to make it. Just one of the most baffling screw ups I can never unsee.
 
Tapate50 said:
Looking back at that whole situation... there was no "pressure" or anything for him to make that call. It isn't like he was the only guy responsible, and needed to be the one to make it. Just one of the most baffling screw ups I can never unsee.
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Have to see the irony of the outfield line umpire calling an infield fly in the outfield
 
What made that call worse was the fact that no one in baseball would admit it was a bad call. You had them all close ranks and say stuff like "A flyball to the warning track could still be an infield fly." It was insulting. If Holbrook had just come out after the game and said "I kicked that call" and Torre had said "It was the wrong decision but it's a judgment call that can't be reversed" I'd feel better.

Also, Holbrook was a line judge. His only function out there was have another pair of eyes on whether a ball was fair or foul. He shouldn't have been making any other calls.
 
striker42 said:
What made that call worse was the fact that no one in baseball would admit it was a bad call. You had them all close ranks and say stuff like "A flyball to the warning track could still be an infield fly." It was insulting. If Holbrook had just come out after the game and said "I kicked that call" and Torre had said "It was the wrong decision but it's a judgment call that can't be reversed" I'd feel better.

Also, Holbrook was a line judge. His only function out there was have another pair of eyes on whether a ball was fair or foul. He shouldn't have been making any other calls.
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The saints call in the playoffs was the same way. Just own the hell out of it.
 
striker42 said:
What made that call worse was the fact that no one in baseball would admit it was a bad call. You had them all close ranks and say stuff like "A flyball to the warning track could still be an infield fly." It was insulting. If Holbrook had just come out after the game and said "I kicked that call" and Torre had said "It was the wrong decision but it's a judgment call that can't be reversed" I'd feel better.

Also, Holbrook was a line judge. His only function out there was have another pair of eyes on whether a ball was fair or foul. He shouldn't have been making any other calls.
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With replay now for line calls there is now no point in having line umpire IMO
 
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