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Originally Posted by steveshane67
Is softball different than baseball in the fact the baseball umps will meet, discuss a "contested" play and make a "second" ruling? There was a play a few weeks ago, slow dribbler down the first base line, the pitcher or firstbaseman ran over, fielded the ball as their momentum carried then into foul territory. The PU ruled foul ball. The umps met after the OC argued (ball was hit too slow for the fast runner to be put out) and ruled fair ball and awarded the BR 1B. Since that call was the PUs, someone had to overrule his foul ball call....
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If that is true, those guys were truly idiots and shouldn't be on the field as umpires. Then again, based on your postings, I doubt that is a true scenario.
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Im of the mindset that the umps job at the end of the day is to get the call right. Lets say in a 2 man crew, the BU calls a runner out when they were clearly clearly safe, then by all means the PU should step in and make the correct call. who cares if its not "his call" or hes not supposed to do that, I care about getting the calls right, not about the possibility of embarrassing or hurting the other umps feelings.
In the 2nd half of this thread Ive certainly been *****ing, but most of the time Im on here asking questions about the rules. And once again, I wouldnt be *****ing if the umps didnt have to go through a whole certification process. If they were just some random guys off the street that the commish knows, then thats understandable.
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Tom made the call, but we can meet, discuss and correct the situation.
So, after a long and arduous discussion, we decided to correct the problem at hand. So, please accept our decision as rendered. You now have a clue, just not about softball or umpiring.
Good luck.