I agree with everything you said and your philosophy except the ‘kind of dead’ thing. The ball is dead, period. Of course baserunners have to fulfill their base running obligations during a live or dead ball. That isn’t the issue. The issue is what to do with the home run hitter.I looked at the...
Why would I do that? The ball is dead. The runner ahead of her was ruled out for being assisted For the first out. How could I take the home run away from her and place her at 3rd?
Fortunately for me there we no outs when this happened but I started thinking about what would happen if there were 2 outs. I really don’t know. Perhaps there’s a case play that I need to reference? Anyway, yes, in my mind I was considering 8-7-E when I made the call. As you point out, that...
USA SOFTBALL: Runner on second base, 2 outs. Next batter hits a home run over the fence. The runner from second base comes home but fails to touch it. One of her teammate’s notices, grabs her and assists her back to home plate as the girl that hit the home run rounds third. She is properly ruled...
I’m not sure how you correlate early calls with biased calls but, that being said, you more likely have an umpire getting caught up in the action and letting his anticipation override his tempo. Umpires are trained to hold their calls until the completion of the play. Newer umpires have a...
I think what you meant to say is that you need to wait longer before you make any call. Remember , Stop-Set-Focus-HOLD-Call. There is no need to rush any call. If he/she is out or safe now, he/she is going to be out or safe 2 seconds from now. Take your time and get it right the first time
When working from behind the circle with a field that’s well lined now or working on a field without fair/foul lines clearly marked in normal 2 umpire games, (like the good ole days..lol), I will remind the coaches at the plate meeting that any ball hit down the line will, at best, it be a...
TMIB and jackfrost are 100 % correct. It’s a litigious world we live in. Nothing should happen until the umpire is ready.Part of that is ensuring not only the batter but also everyone else involved in the game is safe and aware of what’s about to happen. Thats why we take a step or two back...
Speaking ASA a blocked ball is a ball that gets touched or handled by someone not engaged in the game or hitting loose equipment that shouldn’t be on the field (buckets, warm up bats etc) Getting lodged in the fence is not a blocked ball. Resolving the possibility of a ball getting lodged in the...
Now that we are hearing of some tournaments considering forging ahead with some qualifications and we have been kicking around some umpire mechanic modifications ( 6 feet behind home plate, standing behind the pitching circle. wearing masks, wearing gloves, on field testing etc) being...
Yes, excellent point and a great find. Thank you Jackfrost. A ’soft’ line drive is nothing more than a low fly ball. That being said, no matter if it’s it’s a soft line drive, a hard one, a bunt or a fly ball , the intentionally dropped fly ball rule is in effect concerning USA softball . Rule...
I agree with you on your example. Our hands are tied as far as giving the runner a pass on being out only because USA Rule supplement 36 is clear on which exemptions should be considered when that happens. Leaving a base too soon, missing a base ( if properly appealed) or committing interference...