Shoulda stayed quiet

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by jmkupka

Great weekend for games... everything went perfectly with good feedback about my crew, then one call ruins it for me...

I'm in "B", batter lays down a bunt, her bat about 3" off the ground. I have a distinct sound of a double-hit and the ball goes off on an odd angle (fair).
I call "dead", & I'm the only one who thought so. Next pitch she crushes a triple.

I consider "tanking a call" one where you know you were wrong, and a bad call comes out your mouth (bad mechanics or whatever). This one really bothered me because my senses lied to me.

Shoulda stayed quiet.

Maybe so. That's a really tough sell from B, especially if you "hear" it and your PU partner doesn't. There could have been ambient noise from elsewhere that sounded like a ball hitting the bat.

If it was me, I would've said/done nothing, wait for my partner to come to me for help should someone have asked him/her to check, and then let him/her know what I saw and heard. I don't like making long distance calls like that.