[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by ump24
I am very concerned by some of the things I have been reading about as of late on this site. Several different people have posted the position ,"get the call right at all cost". I agree with this position, but only to a point.

I think we all want to make The right call . Heck we all played the game and I hated it when our team got hosed , but you learn to live with it.

There are certain situations we can change and others we can't. In the play described below - the ball was dead No continuous action to worry about. That situation is easily correctable. The call should have been made right away. I do not think anyone disagrees with that, but sometimes when one is working with the "Top Dogs" , one is relunctant to chime in .

There are certain calls, just by there very nature that cannot be changed and they involve continous action plays.

A prior example which I have given: Last inning, Game Tied, HT up, runners at corners 1 out - infield in. Ball hit directly at F4 who attempts to tag r1 and throw to F3 to get the inning ending DP and go to extras.

When F4 attempts the tag on r1, this is U2's call and it is critical to the next sequence of events. If the call is OUT, then F4 will throw to F3 to get the DP, however, if the call is safe, F4 (remember he is playing in) will probably try and get r3 at home thinking he cannot possibly get the DP.

Now after dust has settled, whatever call U2 made cannot be changed even though it was wrong because of the effect on subsequent plays.

Therefore, I would sum up as saying that a call can be changed if there is no continuous action to worry about.

Pete Booth