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I'm with Sam on this one.
As far as asking a question on a pulled foot or swipe tag, thats not giving away the call. If I'm in C with runners and fielders crossing my line of sight, I may not have the angle to see the swipe tag near the bag, or the pulled foot on F3 streaching into the infield. I don't ask my partner to make the call, I just want to know if he could see something I couldn't. He answers me with a yes or no, and I make the call, out or safe.
As far as the coach's prespective, I've coached in ASA, USSSA, Pony and All American softball.(about 10 years) I've had all kinds of umpires, from umpires that stayed in B in fastpitch with a R3 and thought a batted ball hitting the plate was foul, to class AAA blues that looked like a drill team moving on and around the field.
The worst experiences I ever had were with umpires who would let a coach come out argueing that they needed to get help from their partners, and would then change their calls and attempt to replace runners and/or take runs off or add runs to the scoreboard. That was bad, even when I could get them to go my way!!! Its not good for the game. It doesn't have anything to do with egos.
Once you've rulled on a judgement call it should be final. Follow the list of 5 from eumpire. These are all immediate reversals, only one being done in live ball situation.
Of the hunderds of games I coached, I can only think of two cases where what I considered a bad call changed the outcome of the game. One cost me a game, and the other gave me the opportunity to win a game.(We did.)
Thats called averaging out.
Roger Greene,
Member UT
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