Unless this was a rookie in his first game that you were protecting, you should have let HIM decide if his call was weak enough to warrant killing the play. I don't think I would have killed this play at all. (And I share the wonder at these speedsters managing to bolt the field and near the dugout during a "slight hesitation".)
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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