Quote:
|
Originally posted by JRutledge
|
I do not give a damn what a coach wants. If my partner wants help, he will ask. If I need help, I will ask. The coach has nothing to do with that decision.
[/QUOTE]
So you are saying that you would get help if no one questioned the original call? Unless someone is questioning the original call, why would you need to go get help?
Quote:
I have also seen many situations where they did not ask for help either. I have yet to see an umpire ask for help at the ML level for a pulled foot or a dropped ball. They have gotten together on interference calls or rulings on homeruns or where to advance runners, but not on basic plays.
|
I have seen them get help on basic plays. Last year on a line drive down the first base line that stays in the park, 1B umpire ruled it a foul ball. After manager came out to question the call, the umpires got together, ruled it a fair ball, put the batter on second and scored a run.
Also, I have never seen them get together and conference on a play unless a manager or player is questioning the original call.
Quote:
I certainly have not seen ML Umpires asking for help on checked swings because the coach wanted it. They tend to do that on their own.
|
Personally, I never ask for an appeal on a check swing unless the catcher requests it, and most the time, it is the coach telling the catcher to ask for the appeal. If it's not close, then I just deny the appeal. I've seen very few MLB umps ask for an appeal unless a catcher requests it first or it's a checked swing dropped third strike.
Quote:
The last person I give a damn about is what the coach thinks. They sometimes have legitimate gripes and I have been officiating long enough to recognize that. But just because a coach wants me to ask for help is silly to me.
|
I'd like to believe you, Jeff, so please tell us about a few times that you went to get help or offered help on a call without first a coach or player asking to get help.
As much as you would like to think that a coach, player or fans have no infulence on you, they do a little. I don't think anyone is saying that you go to get help every time a coach asks, but unless someone is questioning the original call then why would you need to get or give help?