When does a partner help out..........

[kellerumps]

To answer the 3 person questions, we work alot of D1 ball and very little NFHS. Most of the summer tourneys(Mainly 18-U, Men's FP, and Womens Open) that we are asked to work use 3 umpires from the qtr finals on. I would guess about 75-80 percent of the games we call use 3 umpires. We are very lucky as we live in an area that takes Umpireing very seriously and we are very proactive in recruiting and training.

Back to my question....How about this for an answer.

The base umpire does nothing until asked by the plate?

It is the plates call and the coaches have the right on this play to politely ask the plate umpire to ask for help. Kinda like a check swing. So we as baseumpires, just sit tight and when asked.....Tell them what we saw.