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Originally Posted by MrUmpire
1. Getting help before making a call in not a mechanic I've seen taught anywhere. There has to be a call made before an "appeal" for help.
2. A study was posted on this site a few years back that indicated that video replays showed when ML umpires got help on a call, the revised call was wrong as often as right, thus overturning a correct call.
3. On most plays there should not be two sets of eyes on the same play.
4. Going to your partner assumes he had a better view despite his distance and other reponsibilities.
5. Study mechanics and angles and increase your mobility and you won't need to get help at first.
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Unless, in some rare instances, you want to get the call correct, rather than further this illusion that you are imperious and irreproachable.