There's got to be a better way . . . . .

[FUBLUE]

In your situation, I would probably just eat my call and tell as quietly as possible that I'm not going to appeal on a play like this one. Not with two strikes, not with a passed ball. IF the catcher catches it, I'll definitely go for help.

If your partner was on the same wavelength with you, then he/she would have agreed with you. I just can't overrule that one from out there.

Several years ago I was a young pup working a baseball game. My partner (he wanted the plate) told me that if he used my first name on check swing appeals, then I needed to give what I saw. If he just came to me with "did he swing" I was to agree with him. I don't really like this idea, but I see his point.

Personally, when I'm on the bases, the batter definitely has to swing through to the point where there is no doubt in my mind that she swung.