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I would first like to thank everyone for taking time to respond to this difficult (in my mind) question.
In Mikes play above.....this is one of the situations that has long been held by proffesional umpires as a situation that CAN be changed.
Sam printed them earlier and I will reprint again.
1. Two umpire make opposite calls on the same play.
2. Check swing.
3. An umpire misinterprets a rule.
4. A call of fair is changed to foul or a home run becomes a double (also vice versa).
5. A ball comes loose on a tag for an out, and another umpire sees it.
Now I know that this is not Proffesional BB, but ASA (and many other organizations I am sure) have done such a better job of explaining the rulebook than the original OBR.
I will also agree that it is everyones best interest to get the call right........but there should be some guidelines given to us to know when it is proper to go for help or not.
ASA has done such an excellent job in the POE section and casebook plays......but there is only 1-1/2 pages of casebook plays for rule 10.
Also......under 10-6......they should include language saying that it is ok to go to your partner under CERTAIN conditions. (I would think that they should not make it pertain to every time you were asked). Something along the lines of you know you were blocked out on a play....etc.
And to answer your quesion Mike.......I would go to my partner in this instance to ask what he saw........I would hope that my partner would however......come barreling in and holler for everyone to hear....... that the balls on the ground.......much as we would immediately call dead ball when we see a batted ball hit a batter in the batters box that the PU had no chance of seeing.
I also asked a question in my previous post........especially since Mike, Steve and Roger probably ONLY call higher level ball........you probably DON'T have your calls questioned nearly as often as umpires do in youth ball. If it holds true to what I see here.......in a 10U ballgame, you would expect to see it about 25 times more often than in a higher level game.
Joel
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