Foul Ball Called in Error

[ozzy6900]

In FED, you have no choice by rule! If the umpire calls the ball FOUL, it is foul no matter what. If you are wrong, you swallow your pride and let the manager chew on you a little, then get on with the game.

In OBR, if the players react to the fall of FOUL, then again, you are stuck with it.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

In FED, you have no choice by rule! If the umpire calls the ball FOUL, it is foul no matter what. If you are wrong, you swallow your pride and let the manager chew on you a little, then get on with the game.

In OBR, if the players react to the fall of FOUL, then again, you are stuck with it.

Correct, although entirely irrelevant to what he asked us.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Correct, although entirely irrelevant to what he asked us.

Let's see, the original question was

Is it best to admit the foul ball call was wrong, or tell them the ball hit the bat, then the batter. Or something else.

And I stated

In FED, you have no choice by rule! If the umpire calls the ball FOUL, it is foul no matter what. If you are wrong, you swallow your pride and let the manager chew on you a little, then get on with the game.

In OBR, if the players react to the fall of FOUL, then again, you are stuck with it.

I thought I gave enough information. He can say what he wants but by the rules he has to deal with it in different ways. I am not about to tell him what he should and shouldn't say in this situation. You know as well as I do that you suck it up, tell the truth and eat the crow! So as far as I am concerned, the post was in fact, quite relevant.

[mcrowder]

But Oz, he wasn't asking whether you have to stick with the FOUL call - he seemed to already know that. Your reply, while being correct information, did not answer his actual question. It merely reiterated something he already seemed to know.

He was asking - when you're stuck with a FOUL call that you made but you know was wrong, should you fess up to the mistake or invent an excuse ("or tell them the ball hit the bat, then the batter.").

You say:

I am not about to tell him what he should and shouldn't say in this situation

But this is EXACTLY what he as asking for advice on ... what he should or shouldn't say.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

But Oz, he wasn't asking whether you have to stick with the FOUL call - he seemed to already know that. Your reply, while being correct information, did not answer his actual question. It merely reiterated something he already seemed to know.

He was asking - when you're stuck with a FOUL call that you made but you know was wrong, should you fess up to the mistake or invent an excuse ("or tell them the ball hit the bat, then the batter.").

You say:

But this is EXACTLY what he as asking for advice on ... what he should or shouldn't say.

I think I see what you are getting at here. I was saying to tell the truth but I guess that is too broad a statement. No problem as there have been numerous posts stating the same thing just in better detail.

Don't look now, but the size of my mental block is showing!