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Originally Posted by GoodwillRef
Great point...it is our job as a "crew" to get the calls right, this is not a judgement call he either pulled his foot or he didn't. If this happen in basketball or football and we got together and offered information they would say that is great crew communication, why is it different is baseball? Are umpires just bull headed?
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It certainly is a judgement call!!
I'm not letting a HC come out and challenge this call based on a rules interp issue.
There is judgement as to when the foot was pulled or if it retouched.
If a good umpire is blocked from seeing the pulled foot or doesn't have the proper angle to see it he will ask for help before making the call. If he's new, there's no better way for him to learn than to take some heat.
If I'm in B and there's even a remote chance the foot was pulled I'll point to PU and yell "was the foot on?" wait for the affirmative and then ring it.
If I'm PU and the foot is 6" off, if my P don't ask I don't tell. More harm comes from sticking my nose in on this call when not asked than results from a blown call. IMHO