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There is a reason certain calls are the "property" of certain umpires. The OBS and INT discussion aside, if I see my partner make an awful judgement call, there's no way in Hades I'm going to say a word unless he asks me. Why? Because it's his call and he's at least 60 feet closer to it than I was. What may APPEAR to me to be a horrible call is still likely to be the RIGHT call, since he's 10 feet from the call and I'm 60 or 85 feet away. When my judgement from 85 feet becomes so perfect that it's better than some other umpire's from 10 feet, I'll tell my assignor I don't need a 2nd umpire, as I'm flawless.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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