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Originally Posted by Chess Ref
After the inning is over partner comes over and explains the reason he didn't ask for help was cause the player entered dead ball territory..so she was out either way.
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That's just a cop out by an umpire who really needs to learn a very important thing in umpiring: we're fallible, and sometimes, we need to ask for help. In my opinion, if your partner had truly missed the call and you were 100% certain there was a pulled foot, I see nothing wrong with discussing the play out of earshot, then allowing the runner to go back to the base if the BU accepts the "safe" ruling. It was the BU's fault for putting her in the dugout, and this is a problem that is easily corrected.
However, shame on the coach for not asking the BU to ask for help right away. The coach should have told her to stand off the bag in foul territory, then ask for help. Shame, shame, shame.