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Originally posted by DG
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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by DG
Everybody has a brain fart every now and then. I had one about two weeks ago. I was in A when a bounding ball bounced over the top of the bag directly at me. As I was dodging the ball I threw my left hand out toward foul territory and immediately realized it was the wrong hand in the wrong direction, so I turned and emphatically signalled fair a number of times with my right hand. I suppose if this had been a FED game (it was not), and I had said FOUL, it would have to remain foul. Nobody said a word about my initial wrong hand wrong call.
The confusion is due to brain farts.
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I agree "Brain farts" happen. But for the most part, it is a matter of training oneself to react properly. This comes from experience. Get into the proper position to see the play, take a second to understand what just happened, then react accordingly with your ruling.
I would say that the most difficult time is the screamer down the line, (fair/foul), two man system, partner in B or C and you look up and see batter.
Sometimes we have to sell guess's also.