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Originally Posted by CoMoChief
Well a pitcher like Verlander is going to get those calls more times than not.
It's the Michael Jordan rule. If you're one of the best, the discretion usually rules in your favor.
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Leads to a different conversation. After a called k for Verlander we both went ballistic yelling that there's no way that was a strike. Next inning (I think it was top of the 3rd) Vargas throws the same pitch on a 3-2 count and ump just stands there for the walk on Martinez if I recall correctly. Tiger fan behind us says, that that's why Verlander is Verlander and Vargas is Vargas. Then he proceed to rumble off stats for Verlander. I'm a purist for the most part, but it's absolutely frustrating when the same pitches from different pitchers are called differently.