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To blame the catcher for mud flying up, when you're playing on a muddy field, is idiotic. This is an example of game management and player interaction at it's worst. If you really think that the game conditions are unsafe, then you are the guy that can suspend the game!
No umpire should ever "overturn" another's call. If one umpire wants to ask his partner if he had something different, then he's free to do that. Then if he wants to change his call he may. But no umpire should ever just jump in, unsolicited, and change the other umpire's call. That's in the rule book and it's in our umpire manual. And, yes, the play at first base is the base umpire's call.
When you put these two incidents together, it adds up to an umpire that either needs some more training or some more experience...or that needs to find himself another hobby!
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