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Originally posted by Skahtboi
Now, getting back to the original question, no alwaysask, I do not. I only call time when it is appropriate, like a reasonable request by a coach or player, or when I must take care of some other game management issue such as dusting off a base or the plate.
I have seen this happen before in FP, and 99.9% of the time it is because the umpire working the game works both FP and SP and this is a habit that they are in.
Scott
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I have had this happen in a Major Church SP NC a few years ago. Guy behind the plate was a nice guy and a good umpire, but he rarely works SP. My partner and I often just looked at each other, glanced over our shoulders to see the BU, back to the field, returning to his position behind the plate. Never said a word. Just as we looked back, the SS makes a quick throw-back trying to catch a runner off the base.
I have little doubt that if they had made the tag for an out and I said that it didn't count because the BU should have called time and didn't, that may have been my last NC.