Fernandez Ejection vs TAMU WCWS

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Jun 18, 2010
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Feb 15, 2017
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Real tough girl. .. ... Will ahe be that tough of they face barnhill???

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Feb 12, 2014
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Love the passion. Love the coach fighting for her team. That's why she is the GOAT. BUT, you absolutely CANNOT make physical contact with the umpire. You can't cross that line.
 
Feb 17, 2014
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So you decide to go into umpiring, get 6 years experience and you end up behind the dish in the WCWS? Amazing!
 
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Feb 15, 2017
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It is not what you know but who you know sometimes. She didn't look any worse than the missed strikes on Friday night. That being said, according the the screwy rules of softball, the call was correct.

Now back to the subject brought up. In general, the majority of mechanics on softball umpires are horrible. Never anticpate where to be on plays at the plate and out of position on calling bunts fair or foul.

Case in point: On Friday night OU batter bunts the ball, and catcher grabs ball and tries to tag runner who goes around her. Catcher drops ball and runner is safe. Announcers then fall all over themselves saying she was out of the baseline. Well, the home plate umpire botched the fair or foul call because (insert non bianry pronoun here) didnt simply take a step back when the bunt occured but moved into the left side batters box and was partially blocked by the catcher. You never move forward on a bunt, simply take a step back to see the plate and both foul lines extended. If (insert non bianry pronoun here) does that, it is a foul ball and no argument about being out of the baseline. Good mechnics solves a lot of problems.



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Feb 17, 2014
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Agree she was no worse than any of the others and I agee with the call. However, the selection criteria needs to be a bit more robust. Like the teams the umpires should be the best of the best. That is clearly not the case.

FWIW - in a game where UCLA plays Washington, Fernandez got dumped by an umpire who lives in Seattle. Based on that alone, she should never had been assigned a Washington game.
 
Jul 14, 2010
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Did anyone see the ESPN replay that Fernandez tripped on the one umpire's foot which appeared to propel her into the contact? Not sure it's clear on the video shot above.


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Feb 15, 2017
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Yeah, that's what happened. Not her fault at all.

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Oct 11, 2010
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Never been tossed from game, closest was I was yelling repeating myself over and over. Ump said either go back to dugout or parking lot, my choice.

I apologized to ump after game, they were still wrong but that does not mean I needed to be an a**.

I liked how ump walked away and the other 2 formed a wall.

Looking at video she should have been tossed.
 
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