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WMB,
It appears that you guessed and got the call correct based on the offensive coaches not saying a peep. But when the play happened, did the defensive coach jump up and say the batter tipped the ball? Normally those coaches have a good angle too? However, to what degree did the coaches take your act of asking for help and decision as a well no use asking about it. Were the coaches ones who would ask for an explanation?
Now let's assume they did. Are you going to say to the offensive coach that I confered with my partner and we think or have a sense that the ball was tipped by the bat? For me in your situation to say "in my judgement, the ball was tipped" would be deceitful and a lie. This is not a situation where my thoughts should be guiding my decisions even if they lead to a good one. That fits into the see what you call principle and do not call what you did not see.
If it was the other way around, what tape would be running through your mind? The possibility that you think you are right turns out wrong is just as great as the way it turned out in this situation.
In addition, I understand that in getting the call right there is an aspect of somebody saw what happened clearly and has no doubt of it that the other person missed. That did not happen in your situation.
I actually had the opposite of what you had but I saw it. I had a scrimmage game where the batter tipped a ball and I immediately called dead ball and threw my arms up. A few seconds go by and I'm getting ready for the next pitch and the head coach comes down the line at least 3/4 of the way and says hey blue that was a ball, the catcher missed it. There was no attempt to question the call, she was telling me that it was a ball. Not only that, but she said it with the conviction that she was 100 percent sure and that I was off my rocker (all that). It caught me so off guard that I did not tell her that she can't just walk down the line without asking for time. I told her as forcefully as possible that I signaled dead ball immediately (I was thinking mentally who the f*** is this?). She was a a### with her attitude and has been confirmed in a subsequent game. She actually thinks she knows how to call the game better than the officials. She has no sense of how to approach the officials to discuss a play. (so much for ranting).
[Edited by ronald on Apr 6th, 2003 at 12:55 AM]
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