If ASA, my ruling would be based on 8.7.P, I would score the run, call the runner closest to home out, 3rd out, end of inning. Here is 8.7.P exactly: "When after being declared out or after scoring, an offensive player interferes with a defensive player's opportunity to make a play on another...
And to further add to honus' post above, a pitcher in the circle with the ball who does anything that an official considers even attempting to make a play (raising an arm, moving in direction of runner with ball, etc), removes the LBR. I have this happen often where the pitcher cocks her arm but...
Years ago, this was some of the best advice I was given regarding this and other plays right there around the plate involving dead balls, etc. Taking that extra second to allow your partner behind the plate to determine if they saw anything is always prudent. Two reasons, confirms what you saw...
For reference, my DD is getting ready to be a JR in a 4,000 student NAIA school in the NE (PA). From what I've gathered so far, her experience playing softball and some of the "unexpected's" are as follows:
1. Fall is the time to take the extra class and heavier load. She did this backwards her...
Excellent thread. I am forced though to categorize, these are in no particular order for me, just the best imho of each category: (I'm a baseball guy, so most will be there)
Baseball: Major League, The Natural, Bull Durham, The Sandlot, Eight Men Out, Moneyball, 61, League of Their Own, For the...
Amy, in the years I've been calling, I've never seen this. As an official, I'm not sure how I would react to that if it happened. When you say you've "known" someone to do this, did you hear about it after or were you there? Just curious as to how it was handled, if the officials saw it, and if...
:cool: Good one GM.
Down here in good ol' TX, my DD used to catch several games in a row in 100+ heat. I used to regularly tell her to suck it up. Definitely a mistake in hindsight. Mostly because I used to forget to bring towels for the mud that was on her from being behind a dusty plate and...
I won't address the comments regarding the strike zone, because since the creation of softball by the softball gods and goddesses, and until the end of softball time on the planet, there will always be strike zone commentary about different zones that we call. In the link below however is a...
David, not sure what your trying to get at, as if you called for 3 years, you certainly should have met many different kinds of umpires as your partners. As you should already know, sometimes you can just have bad umpires and sometimes you can have good umpires that just have a bad day. There is...
Whenever I'm asked about a rule I will always tell the coach I will be happy to go over it with him after the game, etc. but now is not the time to be discussing it. I will answer other questions most of the time depending on the coach's manner in which he is inquiring. Yellers and screamers and...
Well, that would be incorrect if talking ASA. The rule for ASA is quoted:
The "Look Back" rule shall be in effect for all runners when the ball is live, the batter-runner has touched first base or has been declared out, and the pitcher has possession and control of the ball within the pitcher's...
Maverick, as Comp pointed out, other than umpire interference, it is always an immediate dead ball. Secondly, there is one ruleset whereby contact is required and it is IFA/VTD. As far as I know, that is the only ruleset that *usually* requires contact for RI. All others that I've ever called do...
I have called time before during play, and have had to send runners back that were advancing. In the very few times this has occurred, it was always due to an injury on the field that I believe time needed to be called to attend to a player.
Now I will admit to this, during my rookie year, I...
Why should I as an umpire be responsible for a spectator and not the HC? Is that parent not affiliated with the team? Shouldn't the HC be responsible for his players and parents? Or better yet, why don't the "adults" in the stands speak up and self-police or if they really believe something is...
This is a HTBT (Had To Be There) play. Sometimes there are wrecks in softball and it's nothing more than that. Without seeing the play, it's hard to determine if there was INT, or even perhaps OBS on this particular play. If in the opinion of the official it didn't occur, not much more you can...
Sparky Guy, I tenatively made plans with my DD to do this 2 years from now after she's done with college. Only thing left is to draft up the legal papers and have them signed and that she swears before a court to follow through on regardless of consequences. :D Of course I wouldn't ever do...
GOINGDEEP,
Very touching story. I (and I'm sure others) will let you know how you felt that you and your wife were not alone. For those of us that have experienced it, it is indeed highly emotional.
There was one thing you mentioned that I feel compelled to expand upon that I think at least a...