Overriding Your Partner??

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Originally Posted by cshs81

Disclaimer: I'm not an umpire.

2 man crew. Field umpire ruled that F3 pulled his foot off the base and called the runner safe...home plate umpire calls his partner into a private discussion. They then changed the call to an out...Is this a proper way to handle this? Or should the home plate ump wait until being asked for help by his partner?

Are there any situations where the non-calling umpire initiates the conversation with his partner?

Thanks

The protocol in this instance is for base umpire to make the call he sees. He can only ask for help is he so chooses.

WTS, any decent BU will want all the help he can get, here or anywhere. If BU/Home plate umpire (PU) are really good, then they will coordinate this "foot off the bag" problem between themselves sight unsee, See my post to DG on this.

Two ggod umpires can look at each other, hand signal, w/e and cause the calling umpire to appear to ask for help. It's about getting the call right and noting, nothing else mtters,