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Killing the Play
I'm in A position.
Batter swings, chops the ball straight down, bounces back up and is fielded by F2. PU points fair. I have a straight line view down the baseline & see clearly that ball is touched an inch or two foul. Have always been told to kill a play if I see something to kill it, but is this considered overruling my partner who obviously has fair/foul responsibility? To be fair, in that split second, there was no chance of him getting in position of 1B line extended to see the foul ball. |
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Umpires never overrule/contradict another's call unless asked by the other ump for info. |
Let it go (for now).
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Point taken, Cecil. For the record, I didn't overrule. It stayed on my mind all day though since the B/R was put out by 60ft on a foul ball, and I was equating this case to my seeing a batted ball hit the batter that my partner did not.
Apples and oranges, or different breeds of apples... |
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But the call on the batter being hit by a batted ball is a shared responsibility. The BU can kill it should his/her partner not see it, and then the PU decides if the batter was in the box or not. |
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