[bobbybanaduck]

i had a similar situation to this last week in an indy game in nashua, nh. slidercurvething in the dirt to a LH batter. the catcher went down, forward, an in (toward the batter) to block it, and blocked my view of the ball in the process. i knew it hit something, but i didn't know what cuz i couldn't see. i called it a ball. the batter turned around and said it hit him in the foot. i immediately told him, "i was blocked out, but i'll go ask those guys." without anyone asking me to go get help, i called the other 2 guys in, told them what happened, and asked them if they had anything to add. neither of them did. i went back to the plate and told the batter what we had, and the game went on. the skipper didn't even come down to ask what was going on cuz it must have been blatently obvious by our actions. he did ask me the next inning on his way back out to coach third, and i told him exactly what had happened and what was said. his response? "that play sucks. you did what you could." maybe he was just in a good mood. who knows?