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Brewers coach stunned by umpire's roof ball call

Original: For Brewers 3B Coach Matt Erickson, the crazy thing about last night’s roof ball is not that it happened. It’s that the

Brewers third base coach Matt Erickson says the remarkable part of Ty France's fly ball striking the roof at American Family Field was not the play itself, but that the home plate umpire described the exact ruling during the lineup card exchange. Erickson says umpires rarely do that. The unusual play and the umpire's proactive explanation are drawing attention from baseball fans.

Why now: A rare roof-hit fly ball and an umpire's unusual explanation of the ruling is an odd, shareable baseball moment.

Matt EricksonMilwaukee BrewersTy FranceAmerican Family FieldMLB

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• For Brewers 3B Coach Matt Erickson, the crazy thing about last night’s roof ball is not that it happened. It’s that the home plate umpire described the exact play during lineup card exchange. That rarely happens, he says. https:// mlb.com/news/ty-france -s-fly-ball-hits-roof-cab · AdamMcCalvy · 1.3K

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