Seeing many of these Texas fans in the stands reminds me of this old question:
Q: What has 100 arms, 100 legs and 100 teeth?
A: The front row of a Hank Williams, Jr. concert.
I agree with your detailed assessment, Moon. If West, otoh, had called it a HR, I'm sure the review would have withheld West's call. It would have been inconclusive either way.
Btw, even though Betts was unable to catch that ball in RF because of obvious reasons, I still consider it a web gem. There were 3 other web gems in that game by Bregman, Reddick, and Beni.