[17th Miss Regt]

Cwik continued. "Snowdon determined which should-be strikes were called balls, which balls were erroneously called strikes and then looked at the race of the umpire, batter and pitcher.

For some strange reason I have a suspicion that Snowdon looked at the race of the umpire, batter and pitcher and then determined which should-be strikes were called balls and which balls were erroneously called strikes.

[sima_yi]

That is indeed the most likely explanation.