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Old Thu May 29, 2008, 02:13pm
jdmara jdmara is offline
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[QUOTE=PeteBooth]
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You have to be careful when you admit a mistake to a coach and it doesn't come back and "bite" you


Example: you know you missed a balk call. The OM requests time (before the next pitch IW etc.) and says "Blue he did not come set" to which you reply "skip I missed it"

The OM now says Blue please enforce. Now if you do not enforce the Balk the manager will then protest and in his report will indicate that you indeed said "You missed it" I have seen it happen.

Try to answer in generic terms. Using your example: you could simply have said "skip will keep an eye out for it" without admitting that you "missed it"

Pete Booth
Typically I take the approach of "I will keep an eye on it" but he caught me a little at ease. I think I was surprised more than he was that I said that.

-Josh
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