Pulled Foot - A first

[WindyCityBlue]

jicecone -
That's exactly my point - get the call right. We were taught that the best way to solve a controversial call was to say, "Skip, we get paid to get them right...we just did."

Rut and Luke,

Apparently I wasn't clear when I said that I have changed BOTH judgement and rule questions with my partners over the years. I have also had calls changed when I was younger and learning. You are obligated to get the call right. I'm sorry that you don't feel compelled to overrule your partner (after conferring with him/her) when he calls an erroneous balk, a catch or rules a ball fair or foul (ALL JUDGEMENT CALLS!) Our professional brethren have no problem checking their egos anymore. They get the call right, even when one of their own f*ck up. If you want to hang a younger umpire because he blows a call, then the wrong umpire is getting yelled at on the field. We all make mistakes, our job is to correct the ones that put a team at jeopardy and make the game unfair. It's admitting that you are wrong, which we all know is very hard for some of us to do.

[Edited by WindyCityBlue on Jun 29th, 2004 at 10:56 AM]