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Ugh. Rolaids time.
Marty is completely correct. Runner was not out and the ball was alive.
I guess my question would be, did neither you nor your partner know the applicable rule? As much as we would prefer it did not happen, occasionally people on the diamond freeze. What I do not understand is why, if both you and your partner agreed on what happened (i.e. ball passed the fielder before hitting the runner) did you still apply the rule wrong based on how vehemently you thought you would be argued with? While I hate the idea of an ump thumbing through the rule book to find the appropriate reference, that would still be better than making the call based on how much you are going to be yelled at. Talk about giving one team an unfair advantage over the other!
I will not go quite as far as Marty and use the "D" word, but I have to admit that I hope there is more to this story then what you have told us here. If not, then this is probably going to go down as one of the low points of your umpiring career. Make sure you learn from it.
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