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Originally posted by Bulldog 19:
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Plate umpire was not down the line changing the call. He provided information that the U1 did not have. U1 changed his call which is why the skipper came to him after the changed call.
The home-plate umpire initiated the discussion-- not the 1st base umpire and not a manager. That is what I mean. And if you watch the replay the 1st base umpire isn't doing much talking it looks like to me. And if you're that adamant (which is a good thing!) and then you change your call, then I have to question your ability to work that level.
Once again, the plate umpire provided U1 with information he did not have. In response to the team managers and MLB administration's demand for umpires to get together on calls where one umpire, while performing his duties may have seen things differently than the calling umpire, they did.
Plays happen that at first seem to call for the mandate positioning and then develop in a manner that that position is no longer the most advantageous. When there is time, umpires then adjust. When there is not time, they do not.
In either case, the "primary" umpire has to make a call. In today's feel good environment, umpires with a better view may present their information to the calling umpire after the play. That's what happened here.
Get used to it.
30 years ago umpires made their call and lived with it. It's a different world.