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Old Thu Apr 06, 2006, 11:47am
LMan LMan is offline
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Originally Posted by smac1231
I work in a college conference that actually has coaches assign bench players to an umpire, who are to inform the coach when they do not see the umpire's head turning to watch touches, which prompts the coach to tell his players to appeal ... meaning, "You did not SEE the touch."

Machts nichts to me....if I didn't see the miss, I'm not calling him out. I don't call what I don't see. Coach can appeal all he wants....if I'm wrong I'll take the heat for not observing the bag but the appeal is denied unless I saw him miss the bag.

That coaching 'strategy' makes no sense.
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