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Originally Posted by briancurtin
That is way too much talking.
Coach: (With his best "I'm astounded and shocked by that call" look on his face) Did you call him safe?
Me: Yes
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Yeah, I don't really disagree with that. In retrospect and with hindsight being 20/20, that is what I thought I probably shoiud have said...just say "yes"!
But in the heat of the moment and given that these two coaches had been a bit of a pain all day, right then I wanted to get a point across that I had enough of their "games" or whatever it was they thought they were trying to pull. Sometimes, every stupid question deserves a stupid answer...
My usual style is not to "one up" the coach, give a smart *** answer, get in the last word or spout some witty quip. I'm usually more of a "yes", "no", explain my ruling in five-words-or-less kind of guy.
"Yes" would work. If he asks, "Why?, something simple like, "The runner touched the bag first", should cover it.
To ask for time, walk across the field, then ask if I called the runner "safe" when he clearly saw and heard me do so is kind pointless and I hope that my answers to him made my point- I won't put up with pointless interuptions.