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Originally Posted by jimpiano
What would be wrong with overturning your own call instead of asking another umpire to do it?
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Everything would be wrong with changing your call. If you call it, you eat it. You don't call it and then ask for help, or even worse, reverse yourself. That's horsesh*t. If you ain't sure, better ask
before making a call.
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Originally Posted by jimpiano
Admirable as it was to admit blowing a call, would it have been better to just reverse the call?
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Absolutely not. Reverse the call and have the other manager up in your face for a second argument? Cha, I don't think so! And it's not always prudent to admit you blew a call. If you know you blew it, maybe, but don't make a habit out of it. The pros make very few bad calls, so admitting to an occasional error is not a big deal. Always using the "I blew it" defense is bush and a sign of a really weak umpire.