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Originally Posted by umpharp
Hi Guys,
Thought i'd start a discussion about looking bad even when doing the right thing....
here is my story. 18U JO game. I'm the BU. Defensive team is playing shorthanded with 8 players. As a result there is no rightfielder. With nobody out, the batter hits a fly ball to rightfield. So....I turn and go out on the play. and I watch the ball land in rightfield with nobody anywhere around the ball. My partner laughed hard about the mistake. I couldn't even pretend that the ball was down the line...It landed about 10-15 feet from the line and about 10-15 feet from the nearest fielder.
Any other umps who want to share oopsie moments?
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Call me crazy, but I don't think you did anything wrong. If instructed to go out on fly balls, you go out. How silly would you have felt if CF started cheating on the pitch and made a diving attempt (possible trap) for the ball and you are standing in the IF watching the BR touch 1B?
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