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I had posted this in another thread that has mysteriously disappeared...
I'm sure we've all been in this situation before -- 2 man crew, you're in "A". Batter appears to foul one off his foot (or HBP, whatever the case may be), yet the PU calls nothing. You're pretty sure the ball hit the batter, but since you're standing 100' from the play and your partner is only 5 feet from it, you give him the benefit of the doubt. The play continues, and once the play is over the manager starts chirping and your partner believes something happened, but since he was blocked out he called nothing. He asks you what you saw, and you tell him you have a dead ball. To me, this seems to be more of a "pulled foot, need help" situation, except the PU can't ask from help right away, nor does he need to. If the BU rules fair ball, play stands; if he rules dead ball, we start over.
Now, maybe some of the EWS'ers are wondering why this is any different than the now-infamous "Moose Play." In the situation above, the PU made no initial call. In Moose's play, he made a call, tried to convince the manager it was the right call, and then changed it after some added information. Disregarding bad mechanics, would it have been legal for Moose to have made an initial no-call on the play and then go ask for help?
Dennis
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