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He may have umped D1 College games, but this never came up. I can tell you from experience, you can read the rule book 10 times, and still miss a call such as this. I have umpired higher level games, but I still miss a few calls when umpiring the 7-9 age group too. It happens.
As for the mass ejection, either you guys were worse than you claim, or he was having a real bad day and didn't feel like arguing with a moron parent (I have them days too, but resisted ejecting anyone).
I would bet you some serious money that he went home and looked up the rule because he knows he kicked it. He wouldn't tell you if 10 seconds after the call he remembered the rule, and KNOWS he blew it. At least I wouldn't.
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