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Sorry guys I'll clarify. In front of the warzone, ball was in air on first base side. R3 only. U1 is in A. The catcher got the ball, IMO he touched it just in foul territory on first base side.
Zebra...sorry I was referring to the plate umpire not calling anything such as interference, obstruction, catch no catch, on top of the fair signal...
As Pete mentioned, I also thought that the 'foul' call was a failsafe...however from the camera angle, it didn't look like the umpire was screened out on the fair/foul call, but perhaps he got sidetracked with the body of pile up around the dish. The replay also confirmed that indeed it was a foul ball. Thank God.
From my count he had at least four concurrent calls to make!
1. Fair/foul.
2. R3 touch of home plate.
3.Possible interference/obstruction.
4. Catch/No Catch.
Probably not all in that order.
He certainly was earning his money that day.
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