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Exact situation happened in a game I was at the plate last year. Bottom of 1st, visitors already up 8-0, and first pitch to home team's leadoff batter is inside. I hear "ting!", call foul, then the batter grabs his finger. It obviously hit him, but I stick with my foul call and tell the ballistic head coach, assistant coach, parent, and whoever came running out on to the field that it hit the bat first and he's gotta stay in the box. Do I know that it hit the bat first? Nope, but I made the call, and I'm gonna stick with it. Kid walks on the next 4 pitches.
The problem was that the coaches never forgot about it and questioned every one of me and my partner's calls throughout the game. Gave the head coach and his "staff" the stop sign in the third, then dumped an assistant after he came out to argue a call in the fourth. He called me an @$$ as he walked off the field (12 y.o. game), and headed to the parking lot.
That's why we get paid the big bucks.
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