Should he have said it?

[Tru_in_Blu]

I wasn't there, but my guess is that the BU was implying that since the ball was not caught with reasonable effort, that the non-call of an IF was obvious, at least to most sane reasonable types.

I agree that this coach was out of line. After all was said and done on the play, it would seem that the results would have come out the same except for the possible difference in speed of baserunners at respective bases, i.e. an out recorded and runners still on 1B & 2B.

Perhaps the only error on the base umpire's part was how he stated an obvious truth.

Ted