Re: _Eric Gregg's strike zone_, Damian Stamm wrote to Terry May on 17 Oct 97:
 DS> Eric Gregg is one of a very few officials who is popular in
 DS> Philadelphia.  He's a local guy and a great individual.  I was hoping
 DS> he'd get to umpire the All-star game last year so he could get a
 DS> standing-O for returning from the home crowd.
He may be a fine person, but he's a bad umpire.  And his comments following 
the game didn't do much for his integrity either, as he pretty much admitted 
that he has his own set of rules.
 DS> What happened the other night was a joke.  The strike out to Fred
 DS> McGriff, although I was pulling for the Marlins (see: Jim Eisenreich,
 DS> Darren Daulton), was although consistent the entire inning, a good two
 DS> feet outside.
I don't know why everyone's making such a big deal out of that one pitch, 
other than it ended the series.  He was calling that same pitch all day long. 
 As soon as I saw the pitch I knew it was going to be called a strike, though 
there's no way McGriff could have reached it, even if he was right up on the 
plate.
 DS> I also saw a pitch the other night (ALCS I believe) where the pitch
 DS> was RIGHT AT THE BELT AND CALLED HIGH.  Last I checked, it was the
 DS> letters.  Hello?
Yep, I saw several of those, too.  Glavine had several on the inside corner 
at the belt that were called high.  But then other pitches that were way off 
the plate were called strikes.  Amazing. 
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