[PeteBooth]

This Board has been rather quiet of late so I will attempt to "stir up the pot" so to speak.

We all know the provisions of 9.02c in which no umpire shall reverse a call made by another umpire unless asked to do so.

My question? Have you ever overturned your partners call (without him asking you) in favor of justice. I have done this only once in my 12 yr. career thus far.

The Reason I did it is as follows:

Sitch r1,r2 1 out. I was working with an "old timer" who was the BU in the C position. B1 hit the ball to F3.

To my surpirse, my partner didn't move and actually turned his back on the play and was strictly looking at r2 go to third. As PU seeing this I moved up the first base line to make the call at first, since my partner was in no position to. F3 tagged the first base bag (Force now off) and threw to F5 in an attempt to get r2. I also made the out call emphatically so my partner would know that the force is off.

The throw beat r2 but F5 did not apply the tag but merely stepped on the base. My partner signalled out. To this day I do not know why he signalled out and also didn't even bother to check with me. I tried getting his attention but to no avail.

The offensive coach came out and questioned him. The coach even said to him "Please Check with the PU". My partner was very adament and then stated that a tag was applied (to cover his - you know what). Everyone in the park knew that there was no such tag applied. In fact F5 never even made an attempt at a tag.


The game was played by 2 good teams and the score was close. I know I'm not supposed to overturn his call but in interest of fairness I corrected the call. I did not mean to "show him up" but he didn't leave me much choice since he didn't confer with me in the first place.

Have you ever overturned your partners call without his permission? Also, was I correct in what I did or should I have kept my mouth shut and "bit the bullet"?

Pete Booth