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I don't believe in saying that more umpires are needed. Two umpires are standard in amateur baseball just about everywhere in the US. We aren't getting three so we shouldn't lean on that. Ever.
The PU should've gotten this one -- he needs to stay with the ball until the catch/no catch determination is made. If he needs to move up a bit or even laterally to get some kind of an angle, he should do that. If he does his best, stays with the ball, and kicks it, well....stuff happens. There are balls that NOBODY can get, and this might just be one of them -- I can picture it, if the dive puts F4's body between the PU and the ball.
I'm most inclined to go with Friex here -- I would be happy to say, "If what you saw happened, coach, we missed it. We'll work harder." Doesn't mean we will, naturally, but I think it heads off any ugliness.
Rich
[Edited by Rich Fronheiser on Jul 10th, 2003 at 07:44 PM]
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