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Originally Posted by Fozzie
Easy Wade.
He never laid anything on his partner. He never asked his partner a thing about judgement on the play. He merely pointed out the coach asked a stupid question, and he shared it with his BU.
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I think what wade's concerned about is the fact that anytime you go to your partner for help on something where help shouldn't be asked for, you lose credibility as an umpire. I agree 100% with this philosophy. Even
appearing to go for help (when you really aren't)
will lessen your credibility on a judgment call. Not may, but will. You've now shown the coach that you can get pushed closer towards calling it his/her way.
Still a funny story, though. I could imagine it going like this...
Coach: Could you ask your partner if he had a different angle?
Me: Sure! Hey, John, did you have a different angle on the play?
John: I sure did. About 38 degrees off the 1B line.