Making the call

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by JEL

The crew obviously was in disagreement. Should the UIC have been called in? How should a "divided crew" situation be handled?

Either call in the UIC or U1's decision stands.

From Rule 10:

Section 3. UMPIRE’S JUDGMENT.
B. Under no circumstances will any umpire seek to reverse a decision made by an associate, nor will any umpire criticize or interfere with the duties of their associate(s) unless asked to do so.

C. The plate umpire may rectify any situation in which the reversal of an umpire’s decision or a delayed call by an umpire places a batter-runner, a runner or the defensive team in jeopardy.

"B" is pretty clear. The PU overstepped his authority. For that matter, so did U3 in going to PU in the first place. My guess - these two were buds and U1 was the odd man out (just based on how everyone's actions were described here). "C" might give PU a one-legged stool to stand on by trying to argue that U3's call was reversed, but it wasn't - it was a separate call, not a reversal of the out/safe judgment.

The tournament UIC can step in, but not the PU. JMO. Many of you have far more experience than I in these kinds of situations...