Re: OK, How Do I React to This? Part 2 (Parental advice sought)

Bobs yer uncle wrote:
Fall ball is here, and in the first game number one and only son made
an excellent diving catch of short fly to center, rolled over, and
came up with the ball in his mitt. Travis the ump signaled an out
amid the oohs and ahhs of the crowd. What no one saw was that during
the roll, the ball came out of his mitt, and Spencer jumped up and
yelled at Travis that the kid was safe, and that he had dropped the
ball.

Do I :

A) Praise his honesty and incredible sportsmanship? or

B) Tell him he is a sucker for not letting the ump make the wrong
call?
Definitely A. But you should also point out to Travis that an ump's job is to "call them as he sees them", not to factor in what other people may or may not say about what happened. If the ump thought he saw a catch, he should have stuck with his call.
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