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Old Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:25pm
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Clarification....

Def coach was loudly disagreeing with my partner's call....mainly because my partner asked the defense, they gave him an answer and he ruled HR anyway. Since def coach didn't like that call he was protesting and it didn't look like his argument was going anywhere except to get him tossed.

I intervened because I knew if it kept up he was going to be tossed and I really didn't think tossing was a viable option in a "blue crew" mishandling of the call. Was it the correct call? We'll never know. It was the process that the coach was upset about and he was righteously upset.

I was just being a "good cop" and trying to difuse the coach so he wouldn't get tossed......and it worked. He muttered for an inning or two but his team ended up losing by 6 or 7 runs so the run was inconsequential in the big picture.

Given that if both umpires are not sure if it was a homerun or a double.....what's the call? Do you fudge and give the HR or do you rule GR double cuz you ain't sure.

And the other is, temp fences suck. Can't they make them with a background so you can see if the ball hits in front or behind. Have other guys had these issues and what and how do they rule?
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