Over ruling another umpire

[kylejt]

David,

The manager must ask the umpire who made the ruling. On a dropped ball, pulled foot, missed tag or rule misinterpretation the manager can request the ruling umpire ask for assistance. The only time a BU would "overrule" a PU would be on a HBP or foul ball off the batter. The BU can call those right away.

I was working a district tourney with my 13 year old son yesterday. After giving my pregame about what could and couldn't be questioned, on the first pitch a banger a first. The runner beat the ball by hair, but my son bangs him out. The manager wants me to overrule him. So I ask the manager if he thought there was a pulled foot. End of conversation. Bad call, yep. And my son was the first to admit it (quietly, just to me between innings). Stuff happens. It's just goes with hats with the tiny bills.

Kyle