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He also said that he was staring at the catcher when he turned to go to the dugout like the he had to tag the batter. And the ump says that the fist was for a third strike, not you're out. Actually in the article though it says that the ump did NOT say "you're out". He didn't call 'swing,' he rang him up with his fist and said, 'You're out.'"Sorry, I needed to read the rest of the article.

When an umpire calls a guy out and you're the catcher - and I've caught my share of them - he's out. He called him out, and that's what's disappointing. The manager for the Angels said the ump said "you're out" in an article on ESPN."It was a swing, our catcher caught it, Doug Eddings called him out, and somewhere along the line because the guy ran to first base, he altered the call. Don't you LOVE baseball? What a beautiful, crazy, silly, cerebral, perfect game. The redirection of the ball comes frome the webbing. There is absolutely NO dirt moving in the replays. I also think the umpires are being a little less than honest to say that the replay is inconclusive. Seems like a lot of little blames to go around, but ultimately the catcher could have put it in his control.In fareness to the catcher that was a huge strikeout and he may have been caught up in the moment. Also, it has been noted by many that it is traditional for the umpire to yell "no-catch, no-catch" just as it is traditional for them to yell "out" when the out is recorded. He made a very clear out sign with his fist just as Paul is tossing the ball to the mound, and it followed his right handed strike call. I do think that this particular umpire's gestures are confusing.

He even said in the paper that he accepts no blame, which is crap.