News Digest
Has High-Def Changed Umpiring?
New York Times
(July
10, 2009) --
Bill
Shannon,
a
veteran
official
scorer
and
baseball
historian,
believes
that the
incident
on
Monday
in which
Derek
Jeter
was
called
out
trying
to steal
third
— even
though
he was
not
tagged —
illustrates
a shift
in
umpiring
over the
past 15
years.
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