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Originally posted by Kaliix
1)Should I have gone to my partner in that situation? I didn't because the request was yelled from the bench. If the coach came out and asked what I saw and said that F1 pulled his foot and would I check with the PU, I likely would have asked.
Should I still have asked? Explain why you would or wouldn't have checked?
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there are two main schools of thought here: get the call right no matter what, and do your own job. in my case, being 21 and working low college ball, i dont have much pull in these situations and for me to hold out on something like this would cause far too much trouble. in your situation kaliix, think about working with a 12 year old umpire saying "no i dont need help!" that probably wouldnt fly too far. i am confident in my actions and my calls, but being that im far younger than anyone else working in this group means to some that i dont have what it takes. i would like to stick to my call in this case, and prefer to never ask a PU to help when its not his call, but in order to keep hatred and ejections at a minimum, i will ask for help in this situation. note: if i am in doubt of F3 having the bag as a result of me being out of position, ill look for help much easier. i wrote this as if you are 100% certain that F3 is on the bag. so, even if i am certain, i still think i have to ask due to who i am but that doesnt apply to everyone.
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2)Would the use of some signal from my partner have been useful in this situation to let me know he had something? Should the PU not have said anything or should he have come right up the line and offered help? Explain what you would have done differently?
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as said recently, secret signals become un-secret very fast. i would stay as far away from this as possible. either make the call and get into position for the next one, or look for help immediately. if you must use some type of signal, it better be used incredibly discreetly and incredibly quick. theres no time to wait for the BU to flap his arms like a bird if thats the secret signal for a pulled foot. if you are going to do it, it must be flawless. even with that said, i dont recommend secret signals.
[Edited by briancurtin on Dec 2nd, 2005 at 02:19 PM]