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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Seems to me that the umpiring has been a bit weak for this 2008 World Series.

The missed tag at third was a bit troubling. The strike zone hasn't been consistent. There have been some other calls and non-calls. That 2nd Rays run was a godsend for MLB, who realistically should have called the game sooner and had a rainout.

The non-call that I understand least was the lack of the infield fly rule being called with runners at 1st and 2nd, one out, and a fly ball to the second baseman in the infield dirt. I understand that the umpire is to call "infield fly, batter out" if, in the umpire's judgement, the ball is catchable with ordinary effort... I know it was windy, rainy, and a bit muddy; but that looked like an "ordinary effort" fly ball for a major league infielder. Golly, if wind, rain and mud were the reasons the umpire didn't call infield fly, then they should have stopped play for that.