[Rich]

It doesn't matter what you see behind the plate.

It can be clear as day that the fielder drops the ball.

It doesn't matter.

Once that runner is called out, he is out. This is not a correctable error. Go back to the scenario I mentioned in a previous post. Let's assume the fielder drops the ball, but then recovers after R1 arrives and throws the ball away (to first base), either in play or out of play.

R1 is called out on the original play. The BR now tries to advance. He gets to 2nd or 3rd. NOW the offensive coach comes out.

What do you do? Do you award bases to R1, awarding him what you THINK he would've gotten?

This isn't spectator interference we're talking about here.

Correcting the original bad call ISN'T making the right call. It's making the wrong call and then making another wrong call.

And the plate umpire shouldn't have said, "What do you want?" He should've said, "What the h3ll do you want?"

I agree entirely with Max. As the BU you just put the PU into a situation that isn't his to begin with and one he can't win, to boot.

Rich