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Mike,
I think my first sentence, and your first sentence of the second paragraph are saying the same thing.
Again, If I'm going to ask for help, I do it before I make the call. If I have enough evidence to make a call, I'm going to stick with that call.
If I'm the PU, and my BU has made a call, and continuing action has rendered a reversal problematic, them I'm going to quietly advise him to stick with his call.
Even with nobody on, and with me following the BR down to the running lane, if the BU makes a call I immediately turn back to the plate and make no comment. If he wants my input, he needs to ask before the call, not after. (Mentioned in pre-game if I'm with a new umpire.)
This is the mechanic that I've heard espoused at numerous clinics and by many experienced umpires. It maintains the balance between offense and defense, and avoids the blow ups (and I caused a couple early in my career by not doing so) caused by late reversals.
In this neck of the woods, only inexperienced coaches, or coaches who realize they have inexperienced umpires, play that whining game of "Come on blue, you gotta appeal that call" on plays that go against them.
Roger Greene
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