offensive coach requests illegal pitch enforcement

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by Dakota

So, they have observed the pitcher's actions, have discussed them, and disagree on the legality of the actions.

You're asking if the umpire who has the worst view and is unable to give it his full attention should call it anyway, even though his partner, whose call it really is, says it is legal?

Is that your question?

Unfortunately. And blatant to the PU's thinking.
And given that an umpires job is to enforce the rules of the game and a prior topic discussed that a BU should call "hands violations" even if he/she only has a clear view from B or C.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Unfortunately. And blatant to the PU's thinking.
And given that an umpires job is to enforce the rules of the game and a prior topic discussed that a BU should call "hands violations" even if he/she only has a clear view from B or C.

But the earlier context was the assumption that the PU was not paying attention to the hands violation (or didn't know the rule, perhaps), not that he knew the rule, was watching, and believed the pitcher was legal under the rules.

In both cases, if the partners get together and discuss the actions by the pitcher, and the umpire whose responsibility is primary on the call (hands for PU, crow hop for BU) states that he has seen the action and judges it to be legal, then that changes things, doesn't it? If the "secondary" partner makes the call anyway after the discussion, that just seems wrong to me.