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This "ball on the ground" play has happened to all of us.
"OUT!" oops, "SAFE!" This umpire handled it excellently.
There was no question that he had to change his call in order to get it right. Unfortunately, he rushed his call, and too bad it was on national television, but it would have been much worse if he had not changed it. Also, he did it immediately, on his own, before he got any input from anyone else. In the end, he got it right, took some heat, explained it well, and it basically was a non-issue.
I respected him as a good umpire as soon as the dust settled and it was all over.
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