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Originally posted by azbigdawg
get the information BEFORE you make the call if at all possible...it avoids having to change it. I have found that if yu get all the ifno, and then make the correct call, youre gonna hear it a LOT less than if you make it and reverse it
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Darrell,
I'm just the opposite and there is no way that will ever change. If I have a call, I make the call. Since umpires cannot always be in the best position, you go with what your brain tells you what your eyes saw.
I have no problem checking with my partner if the request is based on my partner having a better angle. It happens and I'm going to try to get it correct. Also, I get very little argument and often a "thank you" whether the team get's their way or not.
Now, try going to a partner before making a call only to find out he didn't see the play. If this happens, you have no choice, but to call the runner safe because no one can state the runner was put out. And it doesn't make a damn bit of difference if the BR was two strides shy of the base when the throw arrived.
You also need to remember that the PUs primary responsibility is NOT always trailing the BR and becomes even less so the closer another runner gets to the plate.
If you do it and it works, that's fine, I have no problem with it. However, it should be the exception, not the routine. You also have to remember that not everyone works with the same partners every day. This year, I believe I only worked with the same partner on multiple nights twice and that can make a difference.