When to overrule

[bniu]

Originally Posted by shagpal

good one, stick with the out call in this case. You've got one of the 42 you need. I had a BU call a double play out at 1st where it was quite obvious the foot was pulled. I didn't say a word. He came up to me and said he had interference at 2nd on the runner from 1st and the batter-runner should be out anyways. He asked me if the 1B was on the bag. I told him the 1B wasn't on the bag and that was it, and told him he could do whatever he wanted with the info I gave him. He ended up calling the batter-runner safe at 1st, despite the interference at 2nd. Didn't end up mattering since the next guy lined into a double play to end the inning.
Umpires have to stick together on the field, sometimes, if a coach has been jumping on my partner all day and my partner comes to me for help, i'll agree with my partner's call even if I saw differently, partly to support my partner and partly to draw the coach's wrath onto me and off of my partner...

here's my theory of what to do if two umpires both make a call at a base.
1. both call out, obvious: stick with the out
2. one calls safe, one calls out: stick with the out call
3. both call safe, screw it, call the runner out