Lunatic Fringe wrote:My guess is that he was looking at the scoreboard too. The ump in the field walked by our dugout after the consultation shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders. He was sympathetic but apparently couldn't or wouldn't get the home plate ump to admit his mistake and amend his call (or non call). We did end up losing the game and exiting the tournament. All in all they are a very poor pair of umps who we have had the unfortunate pleasure of experiencing several times in the past. In fact, we have refused to play in Sugarland for the past 2 yrs where these clowns seem to practice the most. I wish they would just ump T-Ball.
I'm not detracting from umpire blame here.. but if this is so well known about the umpires, I am also wondering why the coach asleep?
The number of outs are what they are by rule.. the umpire cannot adjust those. If there are 2 outs, there are 2 outs. An umpire cannot suddenly and arbitrarily rule there is 1 out or 3 outs.
If the outs are reported incorrectly, that needs to be addressed by the coach immediately.
They share the blame here..
but overall, I'm with umpinva, this is correctable and should be corrected. It is an easy fix and the umpires call clearly put the defense at a disadvantage. There is a chance that an umpire might not fix it, and leave it on the coaches.. as was done.
So I would strongly advise that your coaches wake up in the future. They have a job to do as well.