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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Add my 22. I think the discussion in the locker room with an official who called HBP from the bases with me at PU would not be a pleasant one. And I think that if I ever called this, I'd expect a bit of a dressing down in the locker room myself.
David keeps pointing to "getting it right"... I'm sorry - an umpire from 90-150 feet away does not replace the judgement of an umpire 5-10 feet away without the latter umpire's admission (to self) that he was blocked out on something and that latter umpire requesting input from the former.
IOW, if two people see the same play and both people think they saw everything they need to - but they differ on outcome, I'm trusting the guy 5-10 feet away over the guy 90-150 feet away. Our mechanics are drawn up that way in general for a reason.
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I had this in a softball game once. The umpire was in the C position when a pitch bounced in the dirt. From my angle the ball hit the dirt on the edge of the hole in the batters box and kicked sideways, never touching the batter. As I am calling ball, I hear "Dead Ball, hit by pitch". We have a little chat and he insists it hit her foot. I let the call stand, but later made it clear that I did not appreciate his making the HBP call from the bases. If I asked for help it would be one thing, but let me ask for help if there is a question, don't just make the call.