DD was playing in a tournament this fall. She’s in 8U, so the kids are still learning. She was trying to steal third base, and it was a close play but it looked like she slid under the tag. You could hear the loud call of, “Out!”
Opposing coach yelled to his team to tag DD, the third baseman did, but Blue waved it off and sent DD back to third.
Opposing coach argued, saying that DD stepped off the bag and was fair game, and Blue told him that the only reason that DD stepped off the bag was that opposing coach deceived her into thinking that she was out by drowning out Blue’s actual call (DD was safe). He told him that only the umpires make the calls and warned him not to yell like that again, and the game resumed.
So, was Blue enforcing an actual rule, or was the opposing coach technically okay but just being kind of bush league?
Opposing coach yelled to his team to tag DD, the third baseman did, but Blue waved it off and sent DD back to third.
Opposing coach argued, saying that DD stepped off the bag and was fair game, and Blue told him that the only reason that DD stepped off the bag was that opposing coach deceived her into thinking that she was out by drowning out Blue’s actual call (DD was safe). He told him that only the umpires make the calls and warned him not to yell like that again, and the game resumed.
So, was Blue enforcing an actual rule, or was the opposing coach technically okay but just being kind of bush league?
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