Let's just make our own meaning
Hmmmmm....did I say let the crowd make the decision? No, the umpire obviously didn't see the ball. On what basis did he make his decision? You, yourself have said you can't call what you don't see. He didn't see it. The DEFENSIVE PLAYER, to whom there is no benefit, said the ball went over the fence on the fly.
So, rather than give assignments to someone who gets the call right and prevents a huge uproar, you would rather give the games to someone whose seeing eye dog must have been distracted by a cat and turns the field upside down? I would worry about an umpire that doesn't have the depth perception to tell whether or not a ball, less than 200 feet away (because, of course, the umpire was in position down the line to make the call correctly) bounced in front of a fence or not. If I was the board member on duty at that game, his assignor would have received a call from me...
Still no answer on where the partner was in all of this.....
And, you guys are really good at re-defining statements. First, I was coaching; now, I'm letting the crowd make the call....sheeesh....you guys should run for office.
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