What's a rat to do?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by UmpLarryJohnson

and STEVE - RATS are RATS. they are all but uncapable of seeing any thing objectively on a baseball field...i expect them to lie, cheat, and steal for THIER TEAM and i am RARELY disapointed.

The first lesson I learned 21+ years ago when starting out was that all the players are rats, and all the coaches are coke soakers, so yes, I'm familiar with the concept.

[RPatrino]

Kawallac,there are times when asking for help is the proper thing to do, but this situation is not one of them. There are many times that a play will look very different depending on where you are viewing it from. Sometimes, in fact, the 1st base coach may have a better angle on banger plays at first then the umpire does, particularly when in the C position (SS side of 2b).

So, to answer your question. The best way to get ask an umpire to get help is to do so on a play where it is appropriate and those are few. When I coached a long time ago, I used to ask an ump to get help on the very first close play of the game. If he did, I was in like flint. More than likely I got my first warning of the game.