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Originally Posted by jicecone
"Time", John can I speak to you please. "When a throw from the outfield goes into dead ball territory the award is two bases from the time of throw. The batter-runner had acheived first base and therfore, should be awarded third."
Then give your partner the oppurtunity to make the correct award.
Now being a rookie, I can understand the reluctance in wanting to correct your partner however it is both of your responsibility to get the awards correct.
Now if your partner refuses because he has already made up his version of the correct rule, then you are put into a bind especially being a rookie. I would probably insist on the correct ruling being made and do everything possible to make sure my partner changes his ruling. I am going to leave it at that for now because there is a whole other scenario that can be discussed if your partner refuses to make the correct ruling.
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I believe your responsibility as PU, once you know the mistake is a rules mistake, and not a judgement mistake ("Coach, I don't think she was at first base yet when the ball was released") - is to discuss the rule with partner and let him make the call. If he insists his made-up rule is right, it's his call. Coach is more than able to protest the rules misapplication at that point. Not more you can do. Neither umpire trumps the other (put yourself in the other position ... say you made the RIGHT call as BU, but PU comes out to tell you it's 1+1 or somesuch ... it is YOUR decision what to do with PU's information).