[w_sohl]

Working with a first year guy. He isn't lazy but looks it with his signals. Never looks confident. Anyway, runner gets in a pickle between 2nd and third. Going back into second he obviously leaves his path to avoid the tag, obvious to me anyway. My partner on the bases calls him safe. I see the play as I am at third to help with the run down if it should end up at third so I have a pretty good look at it. Offended coach initially wants to talk to me about it. I told him to go talk to my partner, hoping he would come to me so I could give him info that I feel he needs to change his call. He doesn't come to me for help so I let him live/die with the call.

Should I have gone and helped on such a blatently incoorect call without him asking for my help. It was bad guys, real bad.

Between innings coach asks me for my opinion. What he really wants to hear is me tell him my partner blew it. I just respond with, "I'm not saying he was right or wrong, but unless he comes to me for help I have nothing for him." So he asks, "If it is 100% wrong and I know he blew am I going to support him?" My response, "Absolutely, until he asks for my help, but I am never changing my partners call!"

This partner is so green, that there ws noone on base and we had a play at first and he actually turned to me and pointed to me to make a call from my trailing position after about 10 seconds had passed and everyone was yelling for a call. I just told him it was his call. He guessed correctly fortunately.