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Hmmmm,
I think there is a bigger question here:
When you see your partner "blow" a call what makes what YOU see correct?
Let's use the McClellen call in last years playoffs:
Tim said,
"I saw the ball hit the foul pole so the ball had to be fair!"
Now in retrospect we know the ball never hit the foul pole. Tim called what he honestly "thought" he saw but it was incorrect. The RF umpire probably had the correct call.
Now fast forward to Rut's situation:
Even his partner's body language lead eveyone to believe that the call was missed but it is only an issue that can be discussed "post" play.
I like PAT THE REF's & DG's answer . . . let it go until AFTER the game. Since I seldom (actually never) talk (like between innings, dude) with my partner during a game it is just a time where a calling (or non-calling in this case) umpire lives with his own end of the stick.
This is what makes umpiring interesting.
Tee
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