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I am not missing the point Pete. I understand what you are saying to a point, but having more eyes does help the situation out tremedously.
For instance, in high school, college, and MLB(keep in mind this is play for the 3 or more umpire system), if you have a fair foul ball down the foul line, and you have a third base umpire, and first umpire working with you, then the call of fair/foul is to the base umpire of which ever foul line the play involves, because the ball is to the back of the base, so not all fair/foul calls are PU's call. The PU can over rule, but the original call is the base umpire's(which ever one it may involve) responsibility.
That particular base umpire is to the "read", and "react" theory of umpiring. This is the read play as it develops, react to getting to the best possible angle available, coming to a complete stop, and finally making the call, keep in mind doing all of this in a matter of seconds.
Yes positioning does make a huge difference in getting a call right, however, being COMPLETELY dead stopped, standing still is huge as well. But, having more eyes on the field is big as well.
Do not get mean wrong Pete, I understand your point, but I am just not as convinced as you are about this topic. We just see this differently.
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