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Originally posted by PeteBooth in his first post
75 ft. or 90 ft. bases where the BU is INSIDE the diamond. In this instance it's the BU's call right or wrong, because the BU is "right there" [my emphasis] and to overturn his /her call or make the call FOR THEM can make for a LONG game the rest of the way.
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Pete, this certainly appears to me that you are saying that this call belongs to the BU. It does not. This call should
always belong to PU---not the BU---unless there's another call on the batted ball that requires PU's attention. In that case, there's not much reason for BU to be watching the ball without knowing what's going on with R2. That's not to say that the BU cannot call interference
if he sees action that he judges as interference. But BU shouldn't be guessing about action that occurred behind him that he did not see. He should have the confidence that PU will handle anything that occurs while his back is turned. If the PU sees action he judges as interference, then he should call it. The PU should not assume that the BU saw the action behind his back and judged it as no interference.
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Originally posted by PeteBooth
Originally posted by Bfair
The PU should have jumped on this call, killing the play when he saw the interference. He's staring into the entire play---seeing it all happen.
Steve, I agree with the aforementioned statement and what I tried to get across in my answer was if the PU was going to make the call then MAKE it.
In the above thread, the 2 got together and then the BU made the call not the PU. That was my main point with the thread. If you are going to call it then call it.
Also, since the BU did not see the interference he should not even make a call but simply point to his partner or defer to his partner. If you didn't see interference or any other infraction for that matter and your partner did, then let your partner make the call and explain to the coach.
Pete Booth [/B]
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Pete, this disagrees with your first statement that the call belongs to BU. That is why I took exception to your first statement.
I'm confused by your comments, Pete...............
But I'm certain PU should always jump on this call.........
Freix