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Originally posted by Carl Childress
Play 1: In the November play, in a two-man crew the coach went to the partner and the partner then went to the UIC to beg for a change. Too late. He had his chance to make the call and skipped it. The UIC is under no obligation to change the call -- and shouldn't. He has NO real assurance that the umpire saw the call because everything is colored by the presence of the coach. [/B]
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Uh...we remember the little kid game, telephone? So the ORIGINAL sitch has been garbled up a bit. Let's correct some mistakes above.
BEG FOR A CHANGE? Where in the world did this come from. The correct phrase would be: .. went to UIC to ask if UIC had a look at the play.
The rest is true.. but it's like saying the sky is blue.. duh. UIC cannot change the call, thus he has no obligation. He is not even obligated to answer the BU question.
But the fact of the matter is that he did. The Plate Umpire, told the BU, what actually happened. No guess, no maybe, no I think so, the fact. So BU chose to use this info to make HIS call.
In most other cases, of this similar instance... when ump 1 does go to ump 2 (rightly or wrongly, that is not the point here).. the OTHER ump would say, "Not sure" or "It's your call".. in other words, they stay the hell out. If this had been the case in the BIG PLAY, then call would have stood.
But UIC just happened to be one of the most SENIOR officials of a large organization.. and he said matter of factly that XYZ happened. And if he said it, it was a fact.
Mike Branch
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