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Originally Posted by bkbjones
RANT ON! 
Why would you throw the only person who might even be remotely on your side under the bus? |
I must be missing something here. I don't see where anyone has been thrown anywhere. It seems the umpire used this as a game management tool. No big deal. I am making an assumption the umpires were familiar and comfortable with each other and knew what was going on. AND was familiar enough with the teams to know what needed to be done.
No, I will not go for help on any judgment. But I will go if a coach/player can voice a specific concern that deals with additional information which may have affected the call which my partner may provide. If I have a familiar veteran partner, s/he will already be discretely telling me if they have something.
Now, if an umpire goes to his partner, does not get info that would change a call and changes it anyway. Now THAT is a problem unless he has explained a problem and his partner agrees to take the heat PRIOR to the umpire making the call.
I have never had that happen, but am aware of times it has happened to other umpires.