[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
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Nonsense. Complete and utter nonsense.
I'm not going to admit such a thing during the inning and I'm not going to stop play to discuss a balk (or non-balk) call.
Between innings, I'll be happy to tell him I kicked one. Big deal - not like it happens often.
Why do officials worry so much about protests? I've had 2 in 20 years and both were protests I recorded that I *knew* would get thrown out immediately.