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Old Wed May 09, 2007, 11:10pm
bisonpitcher bisonpitcher is offline
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In a game this weekend, R3 on with 1 out 2 man crew. Ground ball to Short, the throw is slightly up the line, enough for the F3 to stretch for, and the ball is caught for the out. The first baseman stretched directly toward me in C. I saw no seperation from the base so I called the BR out. The Runner scored and I jogged back to A. When I got near the 1st base coach, he asked if I would check to home for a pulled foot. Since I was somewhat straightlined on the play, I said OK and approached my partner (whom i hadnt worked with before) and asked him if he had a foot on the bag. Instead of just saying yes or no, he proceeds to YELL "I cant see that from here." Then the fans let us have it. They werent even complaining about whether the foot was pulled until then. So I stuck with the out call, then after the game my partner says, "He did pull the foot just a little bit, but I wasnt going to call it since i am supposed to watch the runner cross home." I told him that if I had absolutely no doubt in my mind that his foot stayed on the bag, that i wouldn't have granted the appeal, that the most important thing was to get it right. He simply stated that he didnt want to make me look bad by overturning the call, I told him that we looked WORSE by him yelling that he couldn't see in front of the coaches and fans. How would you guys have handled this situation???
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