I would disagree with fair/foul - unless the coach is arguing a ball called fair was indeed foul. The other way around simply would not work - what base would you put the runner on?
When I was in my late teens, I used to umpire a lot of games in the local baseball league. We went through training and the first thing we were told was, a coach can argue any call but fair, foul, out, safe, strike, ball. :D Mistakes happen. I commend everyone for how they handled it. The pitcher for being so graceful and the umpire for being so humble to admit is mistake. Jim Leyland got a bit carried away when it happened, but was much more gracious afterward. We had a discussion about this at my golf league last night and I am surprised that, given the circumstances, the umps, even if subconsciously, would not tend to favor the pitcher. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Balks? No. > Fair vs. Foul? Yes. > Check Swing? No. > Foul tip vs. Swing and miss? Yes > Batter out of the box? No > Did the runner tag up or leave too early? Yes > Did a ball in play hit a base runner? Yes > Did a thrown ball hit a base runner? Yes > > Too easy. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320178 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
