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Originally Posted by IamMatt

Is there a ruling on how conflicting calls are settled? BU calls runner safe at 1B, PU calls, "No, she is out." How does this get settled? One hopes they each discuss what they saw and arrive at an agreement, but what if they each think they are right? Does the PU prevail because he is the PU or does the BU prevail because it was his call? Does it just depend on which one is weaker or more willing to back down?

There should never be two calls on a play. One umpire is responsible for the call. Now, I know this sometimes happens by mistake. It happened to me. I was PU and was moving up the line at 3rd to make a call that was obviously my partners (I believe it was trailing runner). We had two different calls. We quickly got together and I said it was his call and we will go with it. It may have been the wrong call but it was the right thing to do. The team could have asked for help and if my partner honored the request I would have told my partner what I saw.