INT on a DP?

Originally Posted by steveshane67

Im of the mindset that the umps job at the end of the day is to get the call right. Lets say in a 2 man crew, the BU calls a runner out when they were clearly clearly safe, then by all means the PU should step in and make the correct call. who cares if its not "his call" or hes not supposed to do that, I care about getting the calls right, not about the possibility of embarrassing or hurting the other umps feelings.

Softball is no different from football or basketball, both of which I work in addition to softball. No other official on the field/court has the right to overrule another official's call. If an official makes a call, and another official believes he/she has information that may affect the call (possibly change it), he/she can bring it to the attention of the calling official. It is still up to the calling official whether or not the call stands or changes. There have been a few times in my sports where I've changed a call based on another official's information.

The part I highlighted in red, is the exact kind of attitude we get from coaches/managers in the sports I work and I noticed you picked up on it. I'm not praising you because it is the WRONG attitude to take. I've had coaches/managers who "assumed" my no-call was the right call and having another official call something in my area was the wrong call, when in fact my no-call would have been the result of my not seeing the infraction from the angle I had while my fellow official saw it from their angle. It happens all the time in football and basketball. It doesn't have a place in softball, because one of the two (or three or four, depending on the game, etc.) umpires will always have a call. For another umpire to come in with an opposing call on the same play would create a situation where there is TWO calls on the same play, and a pile of elephant s**t would need to be cleaned up. Yes, I've had situations where two officials made differing calls on the same play in football and basketball, but there's something that can be done in those sports to clean up the elephant s**t that can't be done in softball.

Rant off...have a good day, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.