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Originally posted by briancurtin
... if you yourself were to be there making the exact same call, you could make it and all would be well with no questions.
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Brian,
True, as you gain more experience and exposure, coaches will tend to accept your calls without question. However, if your scenario would have happened to me, I might have handled it this way...
Coach: Hey ump, can you get some help on that play?
Umpire: Coach, the ball beat the runner, that's my call all the way. I've got an out.
Coach: Did you see the first baseman's foot off the bag?
Umpire: From where I was positioned, he was on the base.
Coach: Can you ask your partner because it looked like the throw pulled him off the base
At this point, knowing you got straight lined and the whole stadium was in an uproar, including the first base coach, perhaps you could check with your partner just to be 100% sure.
Umpire: Coach - Fair enough, I will check with my partner but we are going to go with whatever he saw and we are not going to discuss it further after I check with him... ok
(I say this so the coach can't go argue with my partner if the call does not go his way)
This is just my opinion - I'm sure there are other ways to handle the situation. Hope it helps