It really was a "hop"

[Little Jimmy]

WestMichBlue,

Your post described everything going through my and my partners mind. I did go to the pitchers' coach and tell him how close she was. He responded by saying "she won"t listen to me" and said I should tell her. Told him that was a coaching job, not an umpiring one. Continued looking through the game for an exagerration but it never came. In fact it became so mesmorizing that I had to make a conscientious decision to stop obsessing on it and focus on the rest of the game.

Good point about the hop, no matter how small, giving the extra power for the push off.