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Old Fri Oct 13, 2006, 09:07am
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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But Oz, he wasn't asking whether you have to stick with the FOUL call - he seemed to already know that. Your reply, while being correct information, did not answer his actual question. It merely reiterated something he already seemed to know.

He was asking - when you're stuck with a FOUL call that you made but you know was wrong, should you fess up to the mistake or invent an excuse ("or tell them the ball hit the bat, then the batter.").

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I am not about to tell him what he should and shouldn't say in this situation
But this is EXACTLY what he as asking for advice on ... what he should or shouldn't say.
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