[JayLear]

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That ball clearly hit the dirt before he caught it.

I agree, you could just see the ball jump sharply up as it
went into the glove, so it must have hit the dirt.
Only after about 4 different replays did I notice that.

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Thanks for having eyes, unlike everyone else. I noticed on the first replay. Not that hard really, you see a white thing change direction, it had to hit something... one of Newton's laws of motion or something..

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Sorry but you guys are wrong... the ball hit the webbing of the glove.

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If a ball traveling 80+ MPH hits the dirt, you would have seen the dirt move. Razor is right.

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This is being argued both ways by several different people on this board after watching the replay at least a dozen times. The umps didn't have that benefit. The call was close. Paul should have tagged him.

I do question the ump ringing him up though, but I don't know the ruling on that. Sciossia and the crew chief seemed to be arguing that point. That play counts as a strike out regardless, so maybe the ring up is moot.