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Originally Posted by Mountaincoach
Of course it was irrelevant. But she appeared to have more of a say in the outcome than U2 and U3.
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How in the world could you possibly know that the PU was even remotely affected by the runner's comments that she was safe? That is one helluva supposition based on a grainy video with no clear sound of the conversation around the plate. More than likely, he just gathered his wits after understanding what the heck happened, realized he had no look, concluded he had to make a call, and chose correctly that had to come up with a Safe signal.
As for why he didn't go for help, none of us can adequately answer that. Did he assume his partners were in no position to help? Possibly. Did he just want to get the hell outta Dodge? Who knows? Was he still in a fog and forgot that he could ask? Maybe.
What I didn't see is a coach pleading his case that the PU has to get help. I never saw him pointing to the other umpires. It looked like he just had to vent and then quit. He never pursued the other umpires as they exited stage right. Perhaps he realized it would be futile.
Bottom line, there's a lot of things here that we will never know. We can speculate just for debate sake, but to say, "He ruled Safe because the runner told him she was safe" is flat-out wrong, IMO.