Top Baseball/Softball Rules Myths, 2012 Edition

[kylejt]

#36 The home plate umpire can overrule the other umpires at anytime. FALSE. No umpire (including the home plate umpire or umpire-in-chief) has the authority to set aside or question decisions made by another umpire within the limits of the respective duties as outlined in the rules. An umpire may request help from another umpire in a decision, but ultimately it is the requesting umpire who will make the final decision.

Unless the home plate umpire is the UIC for the game, a protest is lodged, and the crew can not agree on a ruling. THEN the UIC can make the ruling, and in effect, overrule the others.