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Originally posted by FUBLUE
Runner on first, no outs. Batter squares to bunt, trying to move runner over.
Pitch is about 2 feet inside...any further inside, and it would have been behind the batter.
Batter bunts the ball anyway...I hear a tink of the bat being hit by the ball, then I see the ball rolling on the ground.
Coach says to me it hit her first...could you ask for help.
Go to partner, he couldn't tell if it hit her or not...saw ball rolling, thinks he may have viewed a redirection of the ball after hitting the bat, but wasn't sure. We let play stand.
Coach yells to both of us, "how can you not see that? You've got to make that call guys!"
SAY WHAT?
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And then what happened?
Only reason I ask is I had the same situation last year. Heard tink of the bat, then batter doubles over and grabs his hand (baseball game...I know, I know). Coach goes ballistic. Neither he nor his assistants will let it go and question every call me and my partner make the next couple of innings. Give them the "no more" hand signal, then an inning later an assistant comes out to argue a call. I run him, he cusses me out (this was a 12 & under game, mind you), and he's in the parking lot.