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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)."
Today, the kid's parents would leave him at the field, his teammates would beat the snot out of him, and he'd have to run awawy and join the Foreign Legion to forget.
Bob
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