I took your advice...

[shickenbottom]

These types of situations are one thing you want to make sure both you and your partner are on the same page.

With that said, you should review during pregame that any time a pitched ball hits the batter while they are in the box, your response in the field will be "Time." Some officials will call "Dead Ball", but "Time" generally freezes everyone. After my partner says dead ball, I usually remove my hat, put it across my chest and look down for a moment of rembrance for the dead ball.

This includes batted balls that go off the batter. If your partner wants you to wait a moment to give him a chance to make the call, then kill the play. If any official takes offense to his partner killing the play, the official needs an attitude adjustment.