Asking for help from feloow umpire

[sabattis]

Hi all,

Thanks for all the insight! I have umpired a few years, and my tendency is always to ask for help ONLY WHEN the call WAS MY RESPONSIBILTY, but I am not sure that my call was as good as can be. If I am certain, as a BU, I will not ask and so state (to eliminate the observations of others re: coaches always asking, having you rattled, etc.).

I guess my real concern is when I did ask the PU for help(because I wasn't sure I had the best view), his verbal response for all to hear was "it's your call." I would have preferred, and expected, a "private" conference between he and I so that I could either affirm or change my call as appropriate. I didn't see his response as affirming my authority.