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Here is a little scenario that I am very curious what the majority opinion would be. My apologies to the other party involved should they read the post. No names and no harm, just very curious about other opinions.

I'm on the bucket calling pitches during a fairly high profile select tournament when batter makes contact and ball hits off her ankle and slowly rolls to first base where our first baseman fields ball (as she should) and steps on first for out call. I'm not sure how both home-plate ump and base ump missed it, but they obviously did. Opposing coach (and fans) proceed to debate the call, just as I would, to no avail. While protesting the call, opposing coach looks to me in dugout and asks "did you see it?" To which I replied, "are you kidding me?" His response was..."Come on, let the girls play!"........HUH??

My question is, how many coaches would feel the right thing to do would be to go on to the field and let the umps know they missed the call in that situation. In other words, take the out off the board in favor of the opposing team.

I don't believe integrity has anything to do with gladly accepting a blown call in your teams favor...I don't believe on a safe/out call I have ever seen a coach's player called safe, then call time to let the umpire know..."Hey Blue...she was out!"

Whadda Ya Think?
 
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I don't care if I look bad for saying this. If it was me that was asked if I saw it, I would say "I don't know what you're talking about". The breaks almost always even out, and I do believe in karma, but it is not your job to hurt your own team. I would feign ignorance and thank my lucky stars. Do you think that I alert the ump every time one of our girls misses a base? Same principle.
 
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Well said Wgman....You are exactly right about the calls...Next weekend I am likely to be on the other end of it.

BTW...We won the game in an ITB. That call could have been the difference for "OUR" girls.
 
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What would it matter, we are always right on the other calls and the umps never change their minds.;)
 
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Doesn't matter if 50,000 people saw it it doesn't change a thing. The only people responsible for making that call didn't see it so it didn't happen.

It's like an apple falling from a tree in the middle of the orchard. If no one was around to see it fall, did it really make a sound when it hit the ground?;&
 
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If I finally get a call to go my way, I wouldn't say a thing. It happens both ways all the time, pay backs I guess.
 
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My answer would have been "I'm not an umpire, so therefore, I'm not qualified to make rule calls in this game."

Coaches "coach", umpires "umpire", fans cheer - well, some fans boo and yell obscenities at the coaches and umpires - but that's another topic...
 
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I had a similar incident happen in a JV game a few years back. Two outs and two strikes on my batter. Only one umpire behind the plate. Pitcher throws a very low pitch that appears to barely touch the dirt and skip into the catcher's glove as my batter swings and misses. Batter takes off for first as catcher rolls the ball toward the circle and heads for the dugout. Umpire calls batter out and I walked up to him and said that the ball was in the dirt. He immediately turned to the oppposing coach and said "did the ball touch the dirt?" The coach looked at him and said "are you kidding me?" And then she told him that it was indeed in the dirt!
 
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Had a similar situation in rec ball. High school girl umping behind the plate and her dad umping down first base line. 2 strikes on batter, 1 out. Batter takes strike 3, out number 2. Home plate ump immediately looks down and starts fiddling with her counter. Catcher (my daughter) fires the ball down to 3rd base and catches runner off bag by at least 3 feet. 3rd baseman tags her, out number 3 right? Our girls start running in and 3rd base runner starts running for her dugout. Both umpires look at each other and say, "What happened?" When our girls coach said 3rd base runner was caught off base out number 3 the umpires said they did not see it. How the he-- do you miss a throw down to 3rd when ball was never even thrown back to pitcher yet? 3rd base coach tells ump that his girl was indeed out and baseline ump's response was "It is MY call and I say she is safe because I did not see it" Of course I about came unglued and maybe shouted something like "Are you getting paid to ump this game or just take up space?" Then I let it go because after all it was just rec ball.
 
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We must be polite, and respect the men in blue ...... (((waits for Immamom to call me a pot, .. or a kettle))).

Honestly, I felt we got "hosed down" on 3-4 tough/bizarre calls yesterday in a game against a really good team from "tsun", and I was all set to get myself ejected for life (kidding, of course ;&) at the end of the game at a prominent tournament this past weekend, ... when the girls spoiled my Billy Martin / Lou Piniella impersonation, with an heroic come from behind last inning victory. Winning "heals" a lot.

It all evens out, and "NO" I would not intervene in that situation either, although, I might sympathetically "feel" like it - I probably would would slyly give the other coach a "knowing" glance in solidarity though. It evens out.
 
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How about we give you this one for a close call to be named later? How many takers would there be for that offer?
 
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Ordinarily I would say leave it to the umpire but some of them have been so bad this year I might have fessed up just to see what they would do.
 
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Something something like that has happened to me befor.I was up with to stikes on me, the pitcher threw a change up that hit the dirt.I didn't swing but it was a called strike,then i took off to first to be called out on the strike out.
 
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