Well if it was paint and you have ever seen the paint they use on baseball fields, it becomes powdery. It very well could have been paint. As an umpire i generally feel for umps but despite what someone might tell you about that being a hard call, it isnt. You stand directly on the line. If the ball is to your right its foul. If not it isnt. The easiest close call there is. The ump that threw out MY needs to be fined/put on probation/fired/ punished in some way. You simply cant throw a player out for that.
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