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Originally posted by AtlUmpSteve
I buy that, Andy; and have done it. The key is, you really have to know what you are buying into, or, at least, be pretty sure. If it is a normally level-headed coach, you can often put to bed a one-time disagreement. However, you can also open the gates of hell, with requests to "go for help" on every play for the rest of the game.
Yeah, it's a "feel" thing; but G-d help you if you get it wrong. Of the two extremes, I prefer them to think I am unapproachable to thinking I can't do my job.
Also agree that you do what the boss says; unless you cn get the boss to qualify that statement ......
I WILL always go for help when asked on a check swing; I WILL always go for help if given any valid reason to do that. The coach asking isn't (in and of itself) a valid reason.
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As I explained to one of this board's semi-regulars last weekend, when you are asked to get help on a checked swing, go ahead and ask...even if your partner is in the "wrong" position. I would hope that most umpires who are in the "wrong" position wouldn't overrule their partner unless they are 100 percent certain they are right.
But...asking your partner will cut down on the chirping.
And if you're presented with a valid, lucid argument/explanation, then by all means go. BUT if it's just a plain vanilla "you gotta get help on that, blue," then screw 'em.
Going for help every time you are asked is, IMHO, wrong.