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Rut/R.I.T. (Referee in Training)
It is very clear you do not officiate. I cannot believe that someone "claims" to work D1 Baseball is so out of touch with reality and common sense. ALMOST ALL CATCHES ARE MADE WITH 2 OR MORE OFFICIALS IN COORDINATION WITH EACH OTHER.
If your opinion defines "common sense" then why have none of the reality based football officials come to you aid lately? The only ones I've seen are guys who contend that my point of view seems to be the way the world is going.
Occassionally we, as officials, get a call wrong. When that happens and another officials has a different opinion that seems to controvert the first call, we overrule the original for the good of the game. You previousl alluded to a play that involved your crew. Your back crew blew it, BUT, if YOU would have seen that it wasn't a catch, as referee - even though they were right on top of it - you wouldn't have offered to change the call, because your rule book doesn't allow for it. God, you make this easy!
FYI, if two guys are responsible for watching every catch, then why is it that we see those plays reviewed and overturned each Sunday. Maybe, because they got the call wrong and the league understands the responsibility for correcting human error when possible?!? Let's not forget, those guys have officiated more than 18 varisty games.
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