So I remember my favorite story from a couple years ago. Chicago area men's league; really good baseball with alot of D1 players on hand. A D/H. 1st game is one of those games where you see a bunch of close plays at the plate and bases ... know what I'm talking about?
Anyway, this lady in the stands was occasionally saying "bad call blue - bad call". Then an inning later, "good call blue - you got that one right". Later, "bad call ...". She was getting rather humorous to me, but I ignored her of course. But you hear it non the less. After about 8-9 of these evaluations (and the 1st game was over), my partner and I were walking to change for game 2. She said to me that "#22 was safe at first". I quickly decided to take on a rather ignorant stance, and looked at her puzzled as if I was trying to remember the play (even though I knew what she was talking about). So I said "uhm, no, he was out". "No, he was safe". With the calmest voice, I asked "why did he walk back to the dugout then?"
"Because YOU called him out". So I says "Yes, that's why he's out, I called him out. Mamm, you need to understand that there are no good calls or bad calls. There's just 'the call'". It is what it is. That series of responses is not patented, so you may use it!
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