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I'm sorry that you live there, did someone have to read this to you?
Oriole 35 mentioned a play that similarly involved being unable to determine if the guy had the bag or not. You came back that in 15 years you've only had to ask for help once. Then you chastised him by telling us that all you need to do is move for a better angle. That's the magic??? I'm jotting a note to MLB to tell the guys that blew their calls this year, that they just need to hustle more and get in a better position.
BTW, what level umpire are you? I used to live down south and when it was 95 degrees, I would see a whole bunch of veterans break out the outside protector. I laughed until I almost died of heat stroke one brutal day.
Lastly, there are only a handful of us here that actually attended pro school and were hired to Minor League rosters. Don't pretend that your real world experience compares. I work with some of the best guys in the country and learn every day. These guys aren't afraid to make tough calls, becaus ethey know that if it is kicked, we will help them out. This is not about pride, it is about doing the job that is allowed by the rulebook. No where does it say, "Don't correct a blown call." On the contrary, FED is explicit about bad calls and insists that we do whatever we can to correct a bad call that puts a team in jeopardy. MLB has already shown us the light. If you choose to let bad calls stay, good for you. That is just another reason I'm glad I live in Illinois.
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