Okay, I'll clear it up for PWL (I can't believe I'm doing this). PWL is also a baseball player, and I do believe he was speaking from a player's perspective here, as in "when I'm playing, I ask someone other than an umpire."
In case he is speaking as an umpire, he probably means asking the official scorer or somebody keeping book. Someone other than the umpire, who in the above illustration, had no idea what was going on.
The players and coaches are ultimately responsible for the knowledge of game situations.
JM, we do understand the heartbreak of your unfortunate disease.
