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Originally Posted by me4tide
The coach got so mad at me he went to the tourney director and asked that i be removed from the tournament. I didnt make the call but because i agreed with the base umpires call he got upset.
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Out of curiosity, I can see no scenario where you and he should have had a conversation about this play. How did that happen?
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I didn't read into this that the PU and the coach spoke about the play. My thought was that the coach spoke with the BU who made the call, the BU called his partner to discuss it, and then the BU stayed with his call, prompting the coach to believe the PU agreed with it.
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