Asking BU on a Check Swing

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Tim C

As I have noted on this (and other umpire sites):

Any umpire that intones that an umpire working "inside" cannot call a checked/unchecked swing either does not understand the rule or does not have enough guts to make the call.

Same goes for the times when, in the two umpire system, that an umpire is not in the "open" side of the hitter.

Amen! This should be the final word on this particular subject, again.