umpires conferring

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Is today "understatement day?"

Maybe, but I guess so was Sept 12.

[BuggBob]

Maybe it is me but this thread appears to have one troll and two spams.

Bugg

[tcannizzo]

It it my understanding that the calling umpire always makes the final call.
It was explained to me that even in the case of a protest, where the UIC is called in, that after deliberation, the UIC should inform the calling umpire of the ruling, AND that it is entirely up to the calling umpire whether or not to reverse the call, even if the UIC has clearly communicated to the calling umpire that the call was wrong. The takeaway is that even the UIC will not make the "corrected" call.

Of course, if the calling umpire refused to apply the correct call that would be a career decision.

Proper procedure is after the conference between the umpire team, that the calling umpire should have issued the reversed call.

That being said, it seems like the OP is asking an informed question, but one that would not dictate the ultimate outcome.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by tcannizzo

It it my understanding that the calling umpire always makes the final call.
It was explained to me that even in the case of a protest, where the UIC is called in, that after deliberation, the UIC should inform the calling umpire of the ruling, AND that it is entirely up to the calling umpire whether or not to reverse the call, even if the UIC has clearly communicated to the calling umpire that the call was wrong. The takeaway is that even the UIC will not make the "corrected" call.

Of course, if the calling umpire refused to apply the correct call that would be a career decision.

Proper procedure is after the conference between the umpire team, that the calling umpire should have issued the reversed call.

That being said, it seems like the OP is asking an informed question, but one that would not dictate the ultimate outcome.

Protest situations do not deal with calls that a player/coach feel that an umpire may have blown due to poor judgment. They deal solely with the misapplication of a rule. There is no call to be made in a protest, in other words. The UIC has to decide if a rule has actually been misapplied, and then correct the situation, if need be.

Now, a situation where an umpire seeks further information by conferring with his partner(s), then there is a call to be made, and it SHOULD be made by the umpire who made the original call. He can either reverse his original call, or stick it.