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Old Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:05pm
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Originally Posted by CecilOne View Post
Not going with HM, but unjustified ball watching.
Plus:
1- scream if you see me folding my arms while a coach talks
2 - scream if my hands are on my hips while explaining
3 - remind me to remove dark glasses
4 - same as 1, more so with angry coach
5 - why can't MLB umps think & talk w/o the PU?

Because each crew has a chief and not always the PU. In this case, I believe the 3B umpire was the CC. Each crew also has a rules guy. Yeah, they should all know them, but often there is a particular umpire whose job is to be the rules guy.

If they come together and discuss a play or rule, it eliminates the request to check with someone else so the only subsequent action would be to protest or go to a replay (if that is available for the play/call at hand).
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