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Coach's next comment after I explain why she was not out was, "But she never made it to home plate!!!" I just looked at him. "How can you call her safe if she never touches home plate!!!!"
"Coach - your girl never tagged her. How can I call her out if she was never tagged?"
He goes back to the dugout. Pitcher gets set. Just as she's winding up, coach finally figures out he should appeal, and yells "STOP!!!!" to his pitcher, who tries, but fails, to stop, throwing the pitch to the backstop nearly on the fly.
At least coach knew enough not to try to appeal after that pitch.
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