USSSA rules.
On Saturday our catcher dropped the third strike on the first batter of the game. She picked it up and threw it to first base and the ball beat the runner by 6 steps. After the runner runs through the bag the umpire at first calls her safe. So I call time out and go ask about it and he says she's safe because our first baseman used the orange bag and the orange bag is for the runner.
I'm like 99.9% sure that's wrong so I tell him I don't think that's the rule and would he please consult with the home plate umpire on the rule. I really wanted to yell "Are you f..ing kidding me?" He says he doesn't need to consult and that he knows the rules and she's out. So as I'm walking away I look to the home plate ump asking if he will talk to him and he says not unless the base ump initiates the discussion.
1. Am I correct in understanding that the first baseman can use either side she wants as long as she's not blocking the entire base (both sides)?
2. Does that seem normal the the home plate umpire wouldn't try to give his two cents if he believed the base ump to be wrong?
It was a bad start to the game and then they ended up scoring 4 runs in top half of the inning. Not saying they wouldn't have if that girl would have been out but it did piss everyone off and put our team in a foul mood to begin the game.
Saw the same ump on Sunday and he tells me he went and re-read the rules and he was right and I was wrong. I almost lost it again.
On Saturday our catcher dropped the third strike on the first batter of the game. She picked it up and threw it to first base and the ball beat the runner by 6 steps. After the runner runs through the bag the umpire at first calls her safe. So I call time out and go ask about it and he says she's safe because our first baseman used the orange bag and the orange bag is for the runner.
I'm like 99.9% sure that's wrong so I tell him I don't think that's the rule and would he please consult with the home plate umpire on the rule. I really wanted to yell "Are you f..ing kidding me?" He says he doesn't need to consult and that he knows the rules and she's out. So as I'm walking away I look to the home plate ump asking if he will talk to him and he says not unless the base ump initiates the discussion.
1. Am I correct in understanding that the first baseman can use either side she wants as long as she's not blocking the entire base (both sides)?
2. Does that seem normal the the home plate umpire wouldn't try to give his two cents if he believed the base ump to be wrong?
It was a bad start to the game and then they ended up scoring 4 runs in top half of the inning. Not saying they wouldn't have if that girl would have been out but it did piss everyone off and put our team in a foul mood to begin the game.
Saw the same ump on Sunday and he tells me he went and re-read the rules and he was right and I was wrong. I almost lost it again.