Foul or Fair?

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Jun 11, 2013
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Reverse the call and place runners on the bases they would have reached in the umpires judgement.

Just what this crew did.

But they didn't do this. They called Foul ball and further added to the nonsense by saying let it go. The runner scored as a result of them giving the defense 2 reasons to not go after it. It's possible they ruled that she would have scored anyways, but the OP stated he thought 2B or maybe a 3B. One of them seems like the equitable solution without me being there.
 

MTR

Jun 22, 2008
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Gotta love it when a question is asked, the umpires provide the information requested and then are told they are wrong.

"They" didn't call a foul ball. One called foul, the other called fair. Yes, this is a major fustercluck and "they" got together to rectify the situation. This is where "they" compounded the issue.

The PU obviously placed the defense in jeopardy. Since we haven't been told, we can only assume the BU turned and went out. If that is the case, it was the BU's call and the PU never should have opened his mouth. However, he did and screwed things up.

If I had been the UIC and needed to rectify this mess and the crew convinced me this was actually a fair ball, I probably would have placed the BR on 1st or 2nd and moved on from there. If the crew was up in the air on fair/foul, then it is going to be a foul ball and return the BR to the box.

BTW, I'm sure many on this board saw the game at the NCAA regionals (in Oregon?) where U1 pointed foul yet eventually ruled fair. If the NCAA does forbid a change, they obviously didn't tell the folks administering that game. :)
 
Oct 24, 2010
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BTW, I'm sure many on this board saw the game at the NCAA regionals (in Oregon?) where U1 pointed foul yet eventually ruled fair. If the NCAA does forbid a change, they obviously didn't tell the folks administering that game. :)

What is the "foul ball" signal in NCAA ball? Was this signal given?
 

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