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In my opinion, everything about your enitre
post is WRONG. Sounds like your partner was
intimitated by BOTH coaches and just froze.
Who knows if he would have known how to rule on
this play? By the way, the runner was NOT out,
ball is alive and in play (batted ball had
passed a fielder).
The worst thing of all about this situation is
why you ruled the way you did:
1) because of past reactions by these coaches
2) because you didn't want to hear flack
at a later game
3) because the unhappy coach would have put up
more of an argument with you than the other one
4) because the coach might hold a grudge
5) because you might lose your game assignment
Making a mistake and applying a rule wrongly
is bound to occur sometimes. But knowingly applying
a rule wrongly, in a way that one feels would be to
his advantage (for whetever reasons), is basically
dispicable. Such an umpire loses credibility.
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