[MD Longhorn]

I bet you're getting a ton of hate mail today.

As an umpire, I'm curious to learn what prompted you to have the HBP play overruled. It was my understanding that replay was only going to be used in Williamsport. Given that, I'm confounded to see a judgement call, ruled upon by an umpire, (including a 4-umpire huddle that didn't change anything) get overturned by someone in the stands.

As an umpire, we all strive to "get the call right", but we also expect to not be thrown under the bus by essentially a spectator from 45 feet away (even if that spectator happens to be a LL official). Until and unless replay extends to games like this one, the umpire's call must stand. This one call, while you've corrected it singularly, will likely cost you a host of good umpires who refuse to work in such conditions. This will have to have an overall negative impact on your game. LL already fights the stigma of having subpar umpiring among the umpiring crowd - this is going to make it much worse.