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Posted By: tbob

As a former catcher I can tell you that you ALWAYS put the tag on the batter if you even think the ball was in the dirt on a strike 3 swing at a pitch unless first base is occupied with less than 2 outs. That said, the play came only minutes after Tim "The Blathering Idiot" McCarver had just gone on and on about how intelligent backup catcher Josh Paul was, etc.
That said, Mike Scosia showed enormous class after the game in not blaming the outcome of the game on the call. I'm not sure any other manager in the game has that much class, maybe Joe Torre, maybe...