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Johnny - sometimes this is a tough line to draw. I understand that you've read a lot of threads here about poaching calls and who is responsible for what. Kudos on that.
I think that if your partner has made a judgement call that you disagree with, you keep it quiet unless he asks for your opinion. But in this case, it's a rule misinterpretation - and you have a responsibility to fix that when it happens - ideally by calling time, discussing it, and letting partner fix it.
I disagree with the post stating that this was your call - dead ball vs no-dead-ball on this play was your partner's call (heck ... maybe it just looked like it hit the batter from your angle, and it actually didn't - PU is closer) and dead ball is the only reason R1 must return. But once you learned via discussion with PU that the ball hit the batter, he needs to be the one to announce that it was a dead ball and the runner needs to return.
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