late in a game, I was BU when my experienced PU partner made a safe call at home on a force that was clearly on the plate for an out. two players converged and I quickly moved towards the plate to help my partner with the players, but before I got there, my partner was threaten ejection, so both players moved away, and I was surprised that he was standing firm on staying with his call, and never asked me for help. I had a plain, not shocked face on.
after the game, he admitted that he had a brain fart, and felt bad since his call affected the outcome of the game. perhaps I didn't move in fast enuff to help clear players, so that might be my regret. but when you see players converging on your partner, move in quickly to help clear your partner some space. partners can think and regain thoughts better when there is breathing room.
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Originally Posted by youngump
Not long after I started I had a play like this where I was PU. I did the same thing this PU did of staring down there not believing what I had seen. I realized that it didn't make any sense to stand there and hustled back to my position. I felt bad about it afterward because had anybody in the park not been busy yelling at my partner about his call, they might have seen me as selling him up the river and I've made it a point not to do it since. I'd recommend the same for the PU in your scenario. [My partner was a solid umpire who happily came to me about the call once the coach asked him and we got it right.]
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