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A standard rule of thumb in umpiring is "Never guess an out". On the same principal I think you are absolutly correct to not guess a foul. Obviously you can take away a hit given in error with an incorrect fair ball call but you cant give back a hit taken away in error with an incorrect foul ball call.
As partners who had not worked together before, you did every thing right, PU calling fair when he could not see it land foul, 3B not trying to change the call after PU had already signaled fair.
I think most of us have partners we have worked with enough times where if PU got screened he could give U3 a took and U3 would know he had no call and take it. But that takes a lot of work together. And of course is in no mechanics manual on the face of the planet.
In the end you got the call right and you did it the right way.
Wade congrats on acheiving NCAA status, what an awesome game to start with. I am envious living in the Last Frontier where alas the highest level of ball we have is high school.
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