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I agree with Carl, Rich, Tee, and Peruvian. The closest person to the play was the pitcher covering, who told everybody, even grandma in the upper deck, (sorry Carl), that he believed he missed the bag. On the second attempt, if runner beats it, he is safe, unless as a BU you take a dive and go to PU to avoid making that particular call, or are 100% sure he got bag the 1st time, and make correct call. Somehow, I don't see very many umpires not making that call, and relying on PU. Coach was also absolutely correct in telling his player to never stab at base twice, no matter if he missed it or not. He has a good chance of getting call with one attempt, and currently less than 20% (1 of 6) chance of getting the call with the double attempt. And the one will probably result in an ejection of someone. If you're into ejecting early and often, overruling, or going for help on this play will get you started. Make your call...live with it...when you talk to PU a couple innings later and find out pitcher got base 1st time by, figure out where you need to be to see it next time. BU must make this call and live with it. Windy, with all due respect, when baseball mandates instant replay, then we can have a discussion, like NFL refs, on every play to make sure camera didn't see something we didn't, so we get it "right". Until then, make your call and live with it. Also let your partner make his call and live with it. Absolutely discuss it in postgame to figure out how to get better.
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