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Old Wed Apr 26, 2006, 08:45am
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I can see (in the MLB play I mentioned) him not immediately going for help.

But when the coach came out to ask him to get help, he HAD to know that he did not actually see a physical tag, and just assumed one (he didn't see one, because one didn't exist!). At that point, an umpire has an obligation to the game to see if anyone else had an angle. At least 2, possibly 3 umpires hand a better angle on this than him, and would EASILY have seen the missed (by 18 inches minimum) tag.
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