I booted one this past week simply because I took a bad angle.
Legion Ball, No one on so I am in the A position.
Little blooper over the pitchers head that is eventually fielded by the 2nd baseman. Because the play took so much time to develop, I moved too far into the infield. I watched F4 field the ball and make a good throw toward first base from the area of second base. I switched my view to 1st base and simply missed the call because I was shielded by F3 taking the throw. All I could see was the runners foot but had no idea when he actually arrived at the base. I called him safe, a bad call later confirmed by the 1st base coach.
If I had taken those two steps into fair territory I would have seen the entire play. Fortunately we had done a very good job prior to this and the deefensive team were understanding that I had missed this call, but the point is that losing concentration can cause a normally good umpire to make a bad call. -- Just wanted to get that off my chest.
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