Had a JV game the other night I was FU (Field Ump no not you Fred) I was in D slot with a runner on 3rd. After SS fields the ball I bust it across the diamond and see 1st stretch for the ball and make the catch about 2 steps prior to BR crossing 1st. I looked at her foot and it looked to me like the ball of her foot was securly against the base so I rang up the 3rd out of the inning. 1st basecoach says under her breath "come on her foot was off". And I hear 3rd base coach say, "you got to help us with that one blue." I am not sure if she was talking to the PU or me. But this brings me to my whole point of this post. When do you ask for help from your partner? How I feel is that both of their comments were more complaining, which I don't "hear" as long as it is low key and short I let it go and don't pay any attention to it. If either of them would have said "I think she pulled her foot would you ask for help from PU?" I would have gone to him no problem, but for me I thought I had a good look at it and had little question in my mind that she was on so I made the call and unless they specifically as me to ask for help I am not going to, unless I am unsure like the next 1/2 inning there was an attempt tag on the back side as the runner came toward 1st, I could not see so I asked PU on my own if he saw a tag. Now again the point, after that 1/2 inning PU and I were talking and he said from where he was he would have called her safe as he could see light between her foot and the base. So now I am asking should I go for help if coach says something about a pulled foot even if they don't specifically ask me to?? I am 100% about getting the correct call and I hate that I missed this one (I know it happens but if it is avoidable I want to avoid it!)
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