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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Gordon did not make the right call, by his own admission his partner told him so. He sold it and we've all done that on trouble calls. My advice was to be prepared in the future and know that he can do something to get the call right. I'm sure that this type of play will happen to him again. I bet the next time it does, he'll be here telling us how well it worked.
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I'm confused: Because Gordon's partner said he got the call wrong, we know.... What?
In all this romantic BS of "let's get the call right," in a two-man crew what makes us so sure the first umpire is WRONG?
Pulled foot? Maybe it didn't come off. Dropped ball? Perhaps the fielder knocked it out illegally. In a three- or four-man crew, it's possible to "get the call right" if the other umpires agree.
I make a call, out comes the coach, and my partner agrees with the coach. So what? That just means two of them are wrong.
Thanks, guys, but I'll stick to the tried and true method. If I have a doubt, I'll ask first and call later.
Once you start down the slippery slope of getting help, God only knows where it will end.