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"Umpires are explicitly advised and strongly urged to seek help on the following: >When they are missing, or could be missing, crucial information needed to make a judgement. >When they have a doubt. >When doubt has been created." "If you are missing a piece of information necessary to making a call, go to your partner, unsolicited, prior to rendering any decision." "If doubt is created immediately after making your call, then, again unsolicited go to your partner for the information needed." This season it's down to a paragraph in which the first three sentences read... "The are times by rule and circumstance that umpires need to ask for help. Going for help does not destroy an umpire's credibility, but allows an umpire to receive a piece of information that was missed when rendering a call. Anytime an umpire seeks help from a partner that partner must have a credible position to give assistance on the call." Last edited by KJUmp; Mon May 14, 2012 at 11:16am. |
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So, they didn't reverse the language, they simply eliminated it (leaving one who has read earlier language to wonder what the mechanic is). From the very top, the preference is for the primary calling umpire to make a call; THEN seek the piece of information that may be missing. The timing is critical in many cases, as subsequent action can be strongly affected by a delayed call resulting from "handing off" your call. Players and teams are used to the coach requesting "go for help" after a play, and they are less affected by that, than a delay in the initial call with subsequent play relying on a first call. I sat and listened to DV (new staff) and EA (old staff) agree to disagree on this.
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One base is 60 feet away. The other is 5 feet away. Even if you get back to the back stop, home plate and first base will not be on the same plane. You will not be able to line the two up. Hence, one base will be more outside your direct line of sight.
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Geometry dictates that three points define a plane, no physics is involved. Therefor the umpire, plate, and 1B are always in the same plane, no matter where you stand. However hp and 1B may not be along your line of sight, as you stated. I agree, you can not definitively see both if they occur simultaneously, even if you stand first base line extended. Touching hp is the primary call, pulled foot is secondary for the plate umpire.
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