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I agree with the man from Texas...get the call right. I'll always ask my partner, in fact, depending on a situation, I'll ask the coach if he wants me to ask for help.
Here's one from today...I'm working the plate, we have a batter crowding the plate, high-inside pitch. I track the ball all the way to the bat handle, right on the knob. To me, the ball never hit the batter in the hands. In fact, girl just stands there, and only goes to first after coach calls her. I stopped her about three steps into her jog and said it was a foul ball. First base coach insists it hit her in the hands (and the fans sitting behind first base dugout 20 feet in the air saw it clearly too). I say to him, "would you like me to ask my partner what he saw?" He looks at me, so I repeat it. I heard his head rattle so I asked. My partner gives me this reply:
"Now, I saw the ball go towards the handle area and she didn't swing."
SO I ask him, "did you see the ball hit the girl on the hands or not?" And I get:
"The ball hit near the hands." So I ask if he saw the ball hit the batter.
He said no.
Foul ball. "THANKS BLUE"
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