Delayed Asking For help.......

[DaveASA/FED]

NC blue,
I understand what you are saying about the "live ball" asking for assistance like you were describing, and IMO opinion I have no issue with it as long as you ask your partner a specific question when you point to him/her, ex. point while saying "FOOT?" so s/he knows you are asking them their opinion of whether the fielder kept their foot on the base or not.

I personally like to get together with my partner, quickly, and discuss the situation. I worked with a partner the other day that when I came to him he flat out asked me "what are you asking me?" at first I was taken back, but as I thought about it, coming together and talking allowed perfect understand what I was looking for help on....lets take another situation, girl gets jammed inside as she is trying to slap hit and is hit by the ball. In that situation you could be asking your partner for several things....did she swing at it? did it hit her in the box? did you see it hit her bat?

Each ump has a different angle and view, so you don't always want to point and leave it open for the other ump to add information, coming together or asking a certain question makes it understandable what you are needing "help" on. What I mean is I might have had a perfect view of the ball hitting the batter then the bat and all I want is was she swinging cause the catcher blocked me at the last second....if I leave it open and BU says "Its a foul ball it hit the bat" now we have a bigger issue. Good communication is key, if you can do that from 20-40 feet away fine, sometimes it takes a meeting of the minds to ensure you get it right.