Fair and Foul

[JJ]

This is another reason why a thorough pregame with an unknown partner is valuable. "If you're in the middle I have all the fair/fouls" should let him know he should keep his mouth shut. He may have heard someone from the other team yell "foul" and mimicked the call he thought came from the PU.
And yes, HE should be the one to "fix" it. HE'S the one who screwed up!

JJ

[MD Longhorn]

Yet another reason not to mimic your partner's calls.

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by JJ

This is another reason why a thorough pregame with an unknown partner is valuable. "If you're in the middle I have all the fair/fouls" should let him know he should keep his mouth shut.

In all honesty, this is something I would never cover with my partner during pre-game. It should be common sense that an umpire inside the diamond has ZERO fair/foul responsibility!

The only fair/foul coverage we go over is when the BU is in A.

[3ump]

No Johnny I am not a newer ump, doing this close to 35 years....and the part about a booming voice was to clarify that if I would have called foul the whole park hears it. I pointed fair 3 times emphatically and was shocked to face infield and partner was calling foul back turned to me. And he is not a newbie either, perhaps a brain fart I don't know....and yes I was not very polite to him after the game in parking lot, I think he will remember this conversation for some time.....scathing to say the least.