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Trabant swing
- Jul 25, 2017
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Provincial championships, first game of the day, Sunday morning elimination bracket.
We had a plate ump that was short tempered and rushing things right from the get go. First he tried to start the game 20 minutes early. Other coach laughed and said - "Can I warm up my pitchers?" He then stated he didn't have a watch, so he didn't know how early it was.
First hit of the game (we are fielding) was an E-6, (she booted the ball and then ran out of time to throw) so there is a runner on 1st. Next batted ball goes right to 2nd baseman but the runner gets in her way - ball is bobbled and throw is late... The 1st base coach does a face palm when he sees his runner get in the way of the fielder (so did everyone in the bleachers), but the field umpire doesn't notice the interference. We call for time to ask him if he saw it. Field umpire goes to the home plate umpire - the play stands.
Fast forward a bit.
4th inning, we are down 5-0. We get on a bit of a run, score four and send a runner home on an overthrow to home. Our runner is halfway home, the ball is against the back stop and the catcher is running towards the ball. Plate ump puts his hands up and calls "time". Our runner keeps going and he bends over and starts cleaning the plate. He then sends her back to 3rd. Obviously we were livid. We asked him why he called time when there was a ball in play. He says "I can call time whenever I want".
Next pitch is a passed ball. The catcher recovers, but doesn't even look at our runner (who was, again, almost halfway down the line). As soon as the catcher threw the ball to the pitcher, who was halfway to the circle, our runner bolted for home. Again the umpire calls time and starts cleaning the plate and sends her back.
We had a plate ump that was short tempered and rushing things right from the get go. First he tried to start the game 20 minutes early. Other coach laughed and said - "Can I warm up my pitchers?" He then stated he didn't have a watch, so he didn't know how early it was.
First hit of the game (we are fielding) was an E-6, (she booted the ball and then ran out of time to throw) so there is a runner on 1st. Next batted ball goes right to 2nd baseman but the runner gets in her way - ball is bobbled and throw is late... The 1st base coach does a face palm when he sees his runner get in the way of the fielder (so did everyone in the bleachers), but the field umpire doesn't notice the interference. We call for time to ask him if he saw it. Field umpire goes to the home plate umpire - the play stands.
Fast forward a bit.
4th inning, we are down 5-0. We get on a bit of a run, score four and send a runner home on an overthrow to home. Our runner is halfway home, the ball is against the back stop and the catcher is running towards the ball. Plate ump puts his hands up and calls "time". Our runner keeps going and he bends over and starts cleaning the plate. He then sends her back to 3rd. Obviously we were livid. We asked him why he called time when there was a ball in play. He says "I can call time whenever I want".
Next pitch is a passed ball. The catcher recovers, but doesn't even look at our runner (who was, again, almost halfway down the line). As soon as the catcher threw the ball to the pitcher, who was halfway to the circle, our runner bolted for home. Again the umpire calls time and starts cleaning the plate and sends her back.