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Originally Posted by Manny A

You should've talked to him later between innings and told him not to make calls from 60+ feet away while you're right on top of the play.

Well, that could have been my emotional response. But we did have an entire game to get through and this was my first game with this guy. I didn't know how he might react and just decided to post-game it.

What's bothersome to me is the reluctance of some umpires to reverse their call when they are provided with information that would allow us to get the call right. Both coaches in this game knew that "we" blew that call. I don't like that it reflected poorly on us as a crew or me as an individual. My partner's comment that I "didn't see anything" was simply a falsehood made to rationalize his refusal to reverse a bad call.