Should I have been more assertive?

[umpire_scott]

So situation is home team batting in bottom of seven and they are down 3 with 2 outs and runners on first and second.  BR hits ball to SS throw at first is slightly off line.  I'm PU and I clearly see a gap between foot and base at 1B.  BU bangs BR out to end game.  OC coach requests time and ask the BU to get help. BU comes to me and I tell him I clearly saw a gap.  BU changes his call to safe. It was the right call 100% so I'm fine.  Next batter comes up.  Another ball to SS.  Another wide throw that pulls F3.  I watch R3 cross home and watching R2 touch third and still have time to glance over to first.  I see the foot pulled but clearly see F3 return his foot back to the bag.  BU calls BR safe and motions he pulled his foot.  This time DC comes out and wants BU to get help.  He comes to me and says "I don't think he ever got his foot back" .  I tell him that I definitely saw his foot get back to the bag.  He then says that he didn't think he got it back in time though.  I know it was back in time, but I don't tell him that as I don't think that is my call.  My call is based on an angle that he didn't have not timing.  So he stays with his safe call.  Next batter gets hit, then the next batter drives in the winning run.  Game should have been over on the second appeal.  Should I have been more assertive to get the call right?

[Mudisfun]

Your partner came to you. You told him what you saw. Based on what you saw and what he felt he witnessed he made his decision and chose to stick with a safe call. What else are you expecting to do? That game did not hinge on these 2 calls... there were many opportunities for this game to end differently including the defensive team making one, just one more clean throw to end the game.

If you start getting too emphatic to push your opinion of the play then that disagreement is going to be noticed by the crowd and that makes everything that much worse for everyone involved. Plus you do not want a reputation going around that you will undercut your partner or act in such a way that your non-agreement with your partner(s) is obvious. 

Go home, drink a cold (icy cold) adult beverage and get ready for the next game.

My $.02

 

[scrounge]

He asked you for information, you gave it, he weighted it with his judgment and made his decision - which was HIS to make. Move on and keep on chuggin'.

[Man_In_Black]

Have to agree with the guys above. It was his call, not yours. He asked you what you had, you gave it to him...your job was done at that point.

Besides, can you really be sure that you were right and he was wrong? Jim Joyce was 100% certain that he got the call right when he ruined Gallaraga's perfect game. All of us call what we see, but sometimes what we see and what really happened are two different things. There isn't one member of this board who hasn't kicked a call at one point or another in his career, regardless of experience level. Any umpire that claims otherwise is a liar. Couldn't it be that your partner had it right and not you?

Own your calls and let your partners own theirs.