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Guys, guys, guys...did you miss the part in Marsh's interview where he said that they huddled "to get the call right". The Chicago Tribune had excerpted it and Marsh said that the climate of umpiring has changed. He admitted that the new procedure of huddling to get all of the facts is for the goood of baseball and umpiring.
West was quoted on ESPN as saying that he saw it the whole way. He waited for Marsh to make his call and when he saw what happened, he knew that the procedure was to correct the issue. He said that his first concern was to maintain control and keep his partners away from the players and coaches. Marsh admitted that he did not see the interference in the huddle and corrected his call.
As we know, there are always two stories.
Professional umpires know the protocol. As we've seen here, some amateur guys are so reluctant to ask for or offer assistance that the problem becomes one of arrogance. We have enough problems on the field. We've been handed another tool to resolve problems. I would think that however you choose to engage the system of redirect, you should embrace it.
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