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Originally posted by mcrowder
How did the argument afterward go? If he asked for your opinion, he must have been at least a little unsure of himself. What was his justification during the argument?
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An unofficial transcript follows:
partner: what did you see?
FU: You really want to know?
partner: yeah, did you see out?
FU: NO, she didn't have control of the ball until after runner was back on base.
partner: you sure?
FU: Saw the ball right there on runners back when F3 grabbed the ball.
partner: were you close enough?
FU: I was 25 feet away, which was about 30 feet closer than you!
partner: I'm not sure about what you saw. You sure?
FU: absolutely sure.
partner: What did coach ask you?
FU: asked me what I saw. I said it really didn't matter unless they asked you to appeal control of ball. And they didn't.
partner: Why didn't they do that?
FU: in the words of the coaches...that ONE CALL wouldn't make a difference in the game...the 6 errors they committed in the fifth inning that COST THEM 5 runs cost them the game.
(at this point, he begins to walk to the bus stop)
As you see, no justification, just that he saw something different. Now that I think about it, if that is what he saw, then I can accept that. It is what he saw, not what anyone else saw, that counts. If he really saw the runner out, then we'd go with it. But I'm pretty sure he couldn't see the ball pop lose (and if you can't see it you can't call it).