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Been a long time since I've been here. This happened this evening. Fed varsity game. I'm plate. No one on. Partner in A position. Girl hits ball deep and on the line down first. Partner starts moving toward infield. No actual chalk line to go by but in my judgement the ball hits fair. I give a strong pointing fair sign. I give a second strong sign when I hear my partner yell "foul ball". Offensive team is saying to runner "keep going, umps pointing fair". Defense is saying "base ump says foul". I know what I saw and continue pointing fair. Runner makes it to third. Defense argues but I say "it was my call,play stands". No major arguments because defense is ahead by 12 at the time.
My real question is what would you have done in this situation? Partner was near the infield when he made his call. We discussed me taking all fair/foul calls before the game. No major incident occured but I don't think either of us looked good. After the game he said he shouldn't have said anything, but should I have let his verbal call override my opinion? thanks for the reply.
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