If an umpiring crew can make it through a game without anyone knowing their names, you know it was a good night at the ballpark. That wasn’t the case for SEC umpire Scott Cline.
During Tuesday night’s rivalry matchup between the Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles, Cline called Florida freshman infielder Deric Fabian out on strikes because Fabian repeatedly stepped out of the box between pitches without asking for time. At the time, Florida was up one run in the fifth inning with a runner on first and one out.
With the 0-2 count, Fabian stepped outside the box, and that was when Cline signaled multiples times that Fabian was out. The Florida dugout couldn’t believe it.
