when seeing it from the outfield camera from behind the Pitcher, however a still shot from the side shows the ball at front knee level at the top of the plate.
The DR hitter had been fouling off pitches and with a
3-2 count you don’t let the umpire make a call that can best be described as - can go either way - to end an at-bat especially to end a closely played game with the tying run at 3rd.
Some are calling for the hasty implementation of ABS system to take the home plate decisions on pitches out of an umpire’s hands as the human aspect is fallible even possibly erroneous.
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