Think of what would happen to the base-runner called safe at home-plate who said to the umpire, “Excuse me, sir, but although you missed it, I failed to touch third base.”

想想若是棒球中会怎样。 安全的呆在本垒板的跑垒员会对裁判说：“对不起，先生，虽然你没看见，可我也没上第三垒。”

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Home plate umpire Jerry Meals called two strikes on Crawford that, at best, were questionable.

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Plate umpire Vic Carapazza called for the tarp almost immediately, and most Yankees players jogged off the field.

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He wasn't ready to bat and plate umpire Dan Iassogna went over to the dugout to get him.

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