HoosierBlue

Yes, but no "WOW" involved. Used up lefty . . .

Bigdog ~ What You Said ... UIC ~ Favre laid down for Michael Strahan, not Reggie White. This year my two favorite NFL teams are: Tennessee Titans Whoever is playing the Jets

I'm officially tied with Stan_W ... HS Varsity game in 1:09 ... but 6 1/2 innings since Home Team won. Final Score 3-0. Winning pitcher threw a 2-hitter, two-walker.

Here's a play I saw tonight. 13u. OBR Base loaded. No outs. Line drive to F4 who stabs at, and gloves, but drops, the ball. No way it was an intentional drop ... made a good attempt at it. (I can tell you that I clearly saw/heard the umpire call the ball down). R2 and R3 freeze, but R1 is way off the bag. F4, who evidently had a brain lock, or maybe he thought he caught the ball, throws to F3 and barely gets the B/R as R1 (who also thinks the ball is caught) dives back in. No attempt by F3 to tag R1. R2 and R3 retreated ... both as confused as R1 (Despite their 3B coach trying to send both of them). So ... no one advanced. All three runners remained in place after what was scored simply a 4-3 routine ground out. Defensive coach came out and tried to explain why he had a DP. All this time, the batter never left 1B. You had the batter (already out) and R1 standing together on 1B while the umpires talked down the DC. Finally the batter trotted off the field when they sent the DC back to his dugout.

What was the baseball movie where the train regularly ran right through the outfield?

There are about 28 reasons why umpiring on the big diamond is easier than on a small diamond. There are perhaps 2 or 3 reasons why umpiring on the small diamond is easier than on the big diamond. "I'll go with Big Diamond is easier for $400, Alex." It seems that there are very few routine plays at 1B on the small diamond. They are commonplace on the big diamond. And you really appreciate catchers who stand taller than 4'3" on the big diamond.

Absent intent by F4, I would call this nothing, just like OBS on the batter on a fly ball that was caught (a clear interp exists for that scenario), and would not invoke a 1-base award. I would say that the play was being made on the force situation ... not the actual runner ... and the runner was out by a country mile ... no free lunches. Bring on the OC. With intent by F4, I'm giving R1 2B on type B OBS and may have an EJ if it was malicious. Bring on the DC. Regarding the batter, with no intent, there is no justification to give him 1st base. With intent, I might determine that F4 blocked R1 clearly to break up a DP and both are safe. I think this one slips between the rules and interps and lands in the world of common sense and justice, which is why I posted it.

Question: R1 with no outs. Infield shifted right for a lefty. F6 is playing straight up the middle. Batter chops a TMDP ball up the middle. R1 runs right into F4 and goes down hard. F6 fields the ball, steps on the bag, and fires to F3 for a DP. Was a play being made on R1 at the time of the collision? If yes, then by rule, he's awarded 2B. If not, then by judgment, he may or may not be awarded 2B. I realize this is semantics, but as Tim implied, many umps trip easily over semantics.

Not to beat a dead horse, but so few coaches understand OBS because so few umpires really understand OBS.

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