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I would not have had a problem asking for help in that situation... but I would not expect to get any. U1 was likely watching the base, as BR was about to hit (or miss) it when this play happened. We, as umpires, KNOW when we did not see what we called and when we DO see what we called. Even though he thought he'd made the right call (or the expected call, mentioned here --- disagree with that too, on a play like this one, SAFE is the expected call), he also likely KNEW that he didn't actually SEE the tag. In such a case, he should be able to set aside his ego to ask if U1 (or U9) saw space between the glove and the runner.
I'm not an advocate of going for help on anything close, but when you know you're straight-lined, there's no harm in asking if someone else wasn't.
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