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First, I agree that Oswalt probably did miss the base.
Second, I agree that there are calls where an umpire uses, let's call it "external input" other than his own eyes and ears to make a call. But in every clinic I've ever attended, a missed base is NOT one of those calls. This is a call that you HAVE to see to make. Davidson guessed.
Perhaps he guessed right, but that doesn't make it less of a guess.
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