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Originally posted by cbfoulds
"I figured that if they were appealing, they saw something I didn't, so he must have done it" (referring to the leaving early and the missed base).
... is NOT a "training deficiency". Character defect is closer.
"Don't call what you don't see" is a very basic umpiring axiom, and taking correction from your assignor is basic good sense.
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First, the phenomenon of being persuaded to uphold an appeal because (1) you didn't actually see the touch or miss, and (2) you reason since they appealed it, he must have missed it, is quite common among inexperienced umpires, when they're at their most pliable. It is easily correctable with the right feedback. "You're fired" is NOT the right feedback.