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Originally posted by Ump20
There is no information another umpire could offer (such as the ball was dropped by the fielder out of the base umps field of view) that was not available to the base umpire.
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I'm on your side, but the above statement is erroneous. If the base umpire didn't see it, it obviously wasn't available to him. It's not as if the base umpire had the information and chose to ignore it; he actually WISHES he had the information but must make the call without it.
For the other reasons you and others give, though, I agree with you and also with Carl's List of the only changable calls.
P-Sz