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jicecone, who are these "someones" that you speak of, what did Carl recently say, and what is the motivation behind saying "adios my friend"? Those inside jokes are actually very annoying.
You make a good point that nowhere in the official rules does it say a judgment call can be reversed. Rule 9.02b states that "If there is reasonable doubt that any umpire's decision may be in conflict with the rules, the manager may appeal the decision and ask that a correct ruling be made. Such appeal shall be made only to the umpire who made the protested decision". Rule 9.02c then describes how an umpire should go about making an appeal based on a rules dispute, but neither 9.02b or 9.02c say anything about a judgment call.
I believe the official rules do not mention appealing a judgment call because in theory, the umpire who made the call in the first place is expected to get it right. I cannot even understand why check swings are allowed an appeal, as a capable plate umpire should be able to make that call without help.
Pointing to the plate umpire on a throw to first or tag down the first baseline and saying "was he on?" is a good way of getting help, without actually reversing your call. Some will even say that the base umpire should be able to step into position to see for himself if there was a pulled foot or tag out.
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