- Mar 7, 2016
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very aggressive team that will use anything in their power to get extra bases and bend the rules esp involving look back rule as most USA umps in our area do not know or enforce this rule. Shallow base hit to left relay into second and back to pitcher. Runner rounds first and freezes staring at my pitcher. My pitcher makes zero movement and stares her down and the two are just frozen. That's where in the way i read the rules the runner must choose and not hesitate. Well this is this long awkward pause and my first baseman runs behind the runner clapping her glove and the runner bounces back and forth because of this. Pitcher still has not moved. Runner takes off to second and my pitcher waits to about halfway and fires to second like instructed. throw was off and now shes standing on third. I argue to no avail that the look back rule was not enforced multiple times. even showing them their own rule in the book. They told me it was a judgement call and i returned to my bucket knowing how arguing that would go.
question is aside from them not know the rules, can my first base do that to entice a runner to bounce? or should the rule be enforced before that is even necessary.
question is aside from them not know the rules, can my first base do that to entice a runner to bounce? or should the rule be enforced before that is even necessary.