video says it all

[RKBUmp]

Originally Posted by Mountaincoach

Unfortunately, this philosophy will be the reason that umpire will be an internet/youtube sensation for the next few decades for all the wrong reasons, and those kids will remember that for the rest of their lives. I fully understand the philosophy, but it shouldn't be about the umpire creed or whatever of each umpire being their own "island". It should be about the kids and fair play. Officials in other sports help each other out, and we don't see as many of these viral videos that are destined to become legends for generations in their sports.

With regards to the whole blowout thing and trying to get out of there, I've been on both sides of that nightmare. I see probably why he did it, but, like said earlier, he chose the wrong opportunity to stop the bleeding.

It isn't any umpire Creed, it is written plain and simple in the rule book. It is a written rule, not some unwritten secret code. And even if they had gotten together and changed the call, this would still be all over the internet.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

It isn't any umpire Creed, it is written plain and simple in the rule book. It is a written rule, not some unwritten secret code. And even if they had gotten together and changed the call, this would still be all over the internet.

Agreed...

And while this particular example might be extremely egregious ... people need to remember that when you saw something differently from your partner (however egregious) ... your partner saw something different from you. And you stick with the original call in cases like that because 99.9% of the time they had a better look, angle, or distance --- that's why the call in question is THEIR call.

[Mountaincoach]

Then the rule needs to be changed. Plain and simple. I know lots of umpires who hate that rule. It's a tradition that needs to stop and catch up with the times. And that umpire should talk to the kid in private someday and say "Hey look, I made a mistake." I also read that he talked mean to the kid and told her to get off the bag so they could continue the game.

[RKBUmp]

The rule is there for a reason.

What umpire would have jurisdiction to overrule another umpire? If you have 3 umpires does it become majority rule? In 2 umpire is it flip a coin?