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Originally Posted by GarthB
In my 20's, when I was even more of a smarta$$, I once answered that same question with:
"Like this, coach: (Giving the hammer sign) HE'S OUT!!!.
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Ten years ago I was working a Legion game in New Orleans. I was scheduled to work the bases and my partner (with history of heart problems) started having chest pains in the parking lot. We called for an ambulance and he insisted I stay and work the game alone.
I rode with him and didn't have my gear, so I gave the team two options. I'd call pitches from behind the mound or we'd go home. They were OK with me working from behind the mound.
Until.....4 innings or so in, a one hopper back to the plate and R3 (for some unknown reason) was off on the crack of the bat. Step, throw, tag, out.
And the third base coach went nuts and said the runner slide BEHIND the tag. Then the coach said I needed to hustle into position to see that.
That's when the coach got run. And I haven't worked alone since, come to think of it, except on the Little League diamond.