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I can't say for 100% certainty whether Oswalt touched the bag or not... but I saw the play, and from 3 cameras (someone said there were only 2 angles on ESPN - there were three). All I'm certain of is that there was no way Davidson could have seen the miss from where he was standing. The foot was VERY close (if not touching), and Davidson was blocked from seeing whether there was a miss by the base itself.
If you'd seen the replay, you would not question this either.
That said, I'm POSITIVE this one was Cruz's fault. He made some sort of arm motion and perhaps uttered something. As the coach you can't halfway this call. Either do NOTHING, or you're yelling, "BACK BACK BACK" at the runner.
Based on his reaction during the play, Oswalt's reaction after and Garner's lack of reaction, I suspect he missed it. But there's NO QUESTION Davidson guessed this call or based it on the actions of Cruz.
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