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In Walt Disney's 1959 "Moochie of the Little League," with "the championship" of course at stake, Moochie trapped a ball in the outfield with two out in the last inning. The tying and winning runs would have scored, but the umpire ruled a catch. The kids on the losing team appealed to the umpire that the ball had been trapped, but the umpire said, "I'm sorry, boys. It looked like a catch to me." That was apparently final. The losing coaches did not attack the umpire.
However, Moochie then approached the umpire to admit that he had trapped the ball, and the win was awarded to the other team. Naturally, Moochie was the hero for being honest, and everybody extolled his virtue (especially the other team, I assume).
Gooey story for the kiddies, but players can't be expected to own up to reverse umpires' calls.
I worked a few times with one ump who, when he was not sure whether a batter had been hit by a pitch, would ask the batter, "Did that hit you?"
[Edited by greymule on May 12th, 2002 at 10:54 AM]
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