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MTR, Comp and MIB have all answered this question. No one misses my strike calls, and I'd bet that no one misses there's either.
Heck, I miss them all them all the time according to coaches.
MTR, Comp and MIB have all answered this question. No one misses my strike calls, and I'd bet that no one misses there's either.
Like I said, “Recommended? No. Technically correct? Yes.”
I highly doubt the umpire in this scenario applied the rules I cited though. I also highly doubt it was some vindictive effort against children on his part. I’m betting he incorrectly applied abandonment.
Comments like yours sadden me CoachJD. Not to say thee aren’t @holes out there, but the fact that your mind immediately thinks this is some vast one-man conspiracy because he was stood up at prom by the coolest girl in school as part of a prank, so he is going to destroy children’s lives via umpiring! MOOOHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh, sorry. Sounds like I have been giving that a little too much thought for too long.
Personally, yes, I am bringing the batter back to the plate. What was up with the coach not slang something?
You are absolutely correct, it was the wrong ruling. A little self-disclosure, I was on the bases that game I believe. Field 1?
I had 1-2 on my indicator, when the little, and she's pretty petite, player ran to the dugout I indicated to my partner I had 1-2. She went to the dugout about the same time and he held up the hammer. I assumed he meant that was strike 3. Her dugout did not, to my knowledge, argue anything. My thought was that I missed a pitch or missed his first call. Between innings I told him that I must have missed a pitch and he informed me that it was 2 strikes and she was out for leaving the field. I mentioned he messed that one up but it was too late to fix it. In retrospect maybe I should have pursued an answer more vehemently but I've worked with the guy before and he's done a good job. I trusted him and that's the first time I had an issue with him. We talked ab out it after the game and I don't think that he will make the same call in the future. Sometimes we mess things up. IF someone had asked for an explanation before the next pitch we could have rectified and put her back in the box with her 1-2 count.
All I can do is apologize, that was a missed call, don't let that happen to your girls again.
I should have said - and meant - that no one misses hearing my strike calls, and I'd bet they don't miss hearing the strike calls of any of the other umps here either.Heck, I miss them all them all the time according to coaches.
You are absolutely correct, it was the wrong ruling. A little self-disclosure, I was on the bases that game I believe. Field 1?
I had 1-2 on my indicator, when the little, and she's pretty petite, player ran to the dugout I indicated to my partner I had 1-2. She went to the dugout about the same time and he held up the hammer. I assumed he meant that was strike 3. Her dugout did not, to my knowledge, argue anything. My thought was that I missed a pitch or missed his first call. Between innings I told him that I must have missed a pitch and he informed me that it was 2 strikes and she was out for leaving the field. I mentioned he messed that one up but it was too late to fix it. In retrospect maybe I should have pursued an answer more vehemently but I've worked with the guy before and he's done a good job. I trusted him and that's the first time I had an issue with him. We talked ab out it after the game and I don't think that he will make the same call in the future. Sometimes we mess things up. IF someone had asked for an explanation before the next pitch we could have rectified and put her back in the box with her 1-2 count.
All I can do is apologize, that was a missed call, don't let that happen to your girls again.
Comments like yours sadden me CoachJD. Not to say thee aren’t @holes out there, but the fact that your mind immediately thinks this is some vast one-man conspiracy because he was stood up at prom by the coolest girl in school as part of a prank, so he is going to destroy children’s lives via umpiring! MOOOHAHAHAHAHAHA!