[jumpmaster]

Originally posted by Atl Blue
NO ONE reversed anything until Marsh came to West and asked for help.

Marsh made the original call. He was obviously screened, but it was his call and he made it. Joe West and ALL of the other umpires stayed out of it, until Francona came out. He tried to go to West, who sent him to Marsh. Marsh then called West over and got help. Then Marsh called A-Rod out.

EXACTLY the way it should be done. No ump jumped in on Marsh's call. Marsh asked for help, got it, and changed his own call.

Joe West did not come offer help until asked, even though he saw something Marsh did not. And even though other umps saw something (or they would not have convinced Marsh), the PU did not make the changed call, the ump that made it did it.

Well done.

And McCarver still butchered the description of the play and the rule.

I agree that this is the way that this particular event happened. The key here is that this was a judgement call by Marsh and he decided to get help.

Compare this to the homerun call earlier, this is a different set of circumstances. Homeruns are not judgement calls.

Do you see the difference in the two types of calls?