For Moose and others: Change the call?

[DDonnelly19]

Originally posted by Dave Hensley

It seems clear to me (and a couple of others who have participated) that Moose was not sure of his call, went to his partner, received additional, unequivocal, salient information, and then corrected what he judged to be his initial manifestly wrong decision. That is completely in accord with the unambiguous instruction quoted.

What Moose did is not illegal.


[Edited by Dave Hensley on Feb 8th, 2001 at 11:20 AM] [/B]

This is what I read what happened:

1.) Moose wasn't sure if the ball was dropped on transfer or just muffed, and he needed to make a call right away, so he used his better judgement and called "OUT!"

2.) Moose realized he guessed wrong when the manager came out to ask about the call. Manager insisted Moose ask his partner for a "second opinion."

3.) Moose grants to manager's request and confers with his partner, who testifies to everything he saw. Based on this new evidence, Moose changes his call.


Moose would have never changed his call if either:

a) the manager never came out to argue, or;
b) the manager never begged for Moose to ask his partner, or;
c) his partner never told him what really happened after the play.


I'm sure the majority of us, if we were the PU in this situation, would not have made it a point to inform our partner on what really occurred absent of anybody else's pleading or complaining. Hell, I've seen my BU's blow many calls at 1B, but how many times have I trotted down there to tell him that the runner beat the ball? Even if we should allow the changing of calls in these situations, how many of us are going to get help after the fact if nobody complains? The ONLY time a call like this would ever get changed is when a manager or coach asks the umpire to get help after the play, and I'm pretty sure we all know better than to do that.

Dennis