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Originally Posted by shipwreck
Had a game last night in which I was the BU. Batter/runner in the 3' running lane and fielder fielded the ball and made what I thought looked like a tag even though the tag was made on the foul side of the batter/runner. I called her out. Then after the play was done I went and conferred with the PU if he had seen anything different. He stated that he didn't see anything because he was watching the girl from third touch home, so I stayed with my out call. Is that proper mechanics to go to my partner after I called her out or not? My thinking later made me wonder. If I called her out, I must have seen something that made me think she was out, similiar to if I am PU and I say the batter offered at a pitch and call a strike, I don't then go to the BU and ask if she went. How should this be handled? Dave
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Dave, If you are 100% sure you saw an out in the running lane by all means call the out and make sure you sell it. It's obvious your partner wasn't quite doing his/her job because they they also have a responsibility on that batter-runner running in the shute, yes they must make sure of the touch at the plate, but there is more responsibility to look after.
If the coach comes to you and asks politely for you to check with your partner thinking maybe he/she had a better angle then by all means go ahead and check ( if you want) but make sure that they are 150% sure that there was no tag before you change your call.
Yes if you call a strike you don't check to see if it was a swing after the fact.