I guess the big deal about going to your partner is you have to do it even if you know you are 100% correct. Where else in the game does this happen?
(turning smart *** on) If its "smittyish" or "old-timer" to have that secret signal, then I guess I was trained by a smitty old-time umpire who works NCAA ball and is considered the best umpire in our association
(smart-*** off).
If it is actually wrong to do this, then I'll stop. I don't understand why it's wrong, I think it's wrong that you have to go to your partner by rule, I think it's wrong that your partner could overturn the call that you know you had right.
I'll always ask if asked, even for appeasement purposes, not only because of my training but because of the rule (at least in OBR). But it don't mean I gotta agree with it!
And, I don't agree with not having double secret probation signals in some circumstances. I'd love to hear where or why this started becoming smitty-ish, or why the mindset on this changed.
Honestly, not trying to be stubborn. Because of the comments made here I will no longer come up softly on a check swing appeal. I just am curious to know
why or
how this mindset started, and the rationale (so perhaps I can convince others in the association to follow suit...)
Game 1 of not coming up softly begins in an hour and 30 mins, so I better scoot... probably about Game 10 since I became a "peeker"
-Tuss