[mcrowder]

In games you've worked, have you EVER had a coach come out for an argument and win? Not including requests for me to ask partner for help on a pulled foot or swipe tag, I could not come up with any from games I've worked, and only 1 from games I played.

The one (20 years ago):

Tight bases until ball is hit, R1 on 2nd was a slow female. Male batter hits a screaming line drive to pitcher, who catches it. He turns, sees my runner off 2nd and fires to F6, who tags the base, and R1 is called out.

I go out to argue, and calmly ask him if my runner left the bag before the ball was hit (which would be an automatic out). He says no. I then ask how much time elapsed between the hit and the catch. He agrees with me that it was microseconds. I convince him that R1's reactions couldn't have been quick enough for her to have left both AFTER the hit and BEFORE the catch, and that in fact she was still on the base when the catch was made, and then started running before she realized the ball was caught. He replayed the play in his mind, agreed and reversed the call. Surprisingly, the opposing coach didn't complain or argue at all.