Did Joe West overrule Paul Schrieber Friday?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

I thought you were umpires. You don't know how this works?

9.04(c) - The crew chief is the decider.

That's not an answer. Different decisions were not made by different umpires on the same call. Since the premise of 9.04(c) wasn't met, the rest of it is irrelevant.

West has no authority to overturn or seek to overturn another umpire's call. It's not like this call had two umpires with overlapping jurisdiction. 9.02(c) is on point -- if that umpire decides to seek input from other umpires, it's still his decision whether to overturn his own call.

I'm thinking that's what actually happens, BTW. Schrieber was OK with the reversal and West merely announced it, allowing all the heat to fall on him, which, of course, it did.

[BaBa Booey]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I'm thinking that's what actually happens, BTW. Schrieber was OK with the reversal and West merely announced it, allowing all the heat to fall on him, which, of course, it did.

I wouldn't be surprised if they got together in response to the Joyce fiasco but since it was Joe West, everyone got their panties in a bunch about it.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I'm thinking that's what actually happens, BTW. Schrieber was OK with the reversal and West merely announced it, allowing all the heat to fall on him, which, of course, it did.

AFAIK, in MLB, either the calling umpire or the crew chief can announce the reversal (maybe depending on the nature of it, the crew preferences, the tenure of the umpire involved, etc).

I do think this call shouldn't have been reversed.