waited on call

[Andy]

Originally posted by Woodchuck
I have never missed a call from the angle I had to make it from and have changed many of them after discussion with my fellow umpire.

If you had to change it, you missed it!

I agree with your point that the BU has a job to do and needs to do it. My point is that the two umpire system with the BU in C position is not an optimal situation for the call at first base. It is very possible that you are not able to get all of the information you need to make the call due to the angle you are looking at first base from.

I contend that it is better to ask your partner about the pulled foot before you make the call. You are not giving up the call, just gathering more information that you could not get before.

Once a coach requests that you go for help after you make the call and then you reverse your call, you are telling both coaches that they can request that you "get help" on any call that they don't like.

Mike and some of the others have brought forth some very good points in this thread about the positioning and responsibilities of the PU in some situations that, I must admit, I had not throughly considered before. But, as I mentioned in my previous post, my association trains that the play at first is the PUs responsibility for the pulled foot, then the possible play at third. This is the way that I will continue to handle this situation.