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Hey chiquita,

Not that it would necessarily have helped you make the right call, but just out of curiousity, what did the "tagged" runner do when you called him out? Did he put up a fight, did he acknowledge that he was tagged by heading for the dugout? Now, if you can train yourself to give just that slight hesitation before making all calls, the runner might just tell you what happened (maybe not in the highest level where players are well coached). What I mean is, if the tag is made, many times the runner will give you some sign that he/she is out by heading for the dugout, giving up trying to get to the base, etc. If you train yourself to have good timing on every play so that you are consistent, you may have that little extra second to decide what happened on the ones that you are not 100% sure of. Important thing here is to be consistent on all calls, even the ones where the throw beats the runner by the length of the Columbia River so that nobody knows you are trying to sort out the close/not sure ones. I hope that makes sense.