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Originally posted by Patrick Szalapski
My first reaction was that I couldn't/shouldn't ask for help on this one, so I made the call, assuming that the tag was on. It was the third out. Of course, the third base coach came over right away and talked to me, saying "there's no way you could have seen that", etc. I had to just play along--he left after thirty seconds or so.
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Good for you, Patrick. As for the coach's questioning your ability to see the call:
Coach: "There's no way you could have seen that"
Umpire: "I've made my call. He didn't beat the play."
Coach: "But you couldn't have seen a tag from where you were"
Umpire: "I've made my call. If I had your view I might have called it differently, but in my judgement the runner was out. Let's play ball."
Coach: "But..."
Umpire: "Don't be arguing my judgement on that call, coach. Stay in the game."
At least that's the way it
might have gone if the coach was sensible at the time.
Cheers