grayhawk

You mean, like, ALL of them?

Here's what the BRD has to say:

To be clear, if the defense got ONE out on the play, then I wouldn't advocate invoking IFF after the fact. It's one out either way. But to answer your question, I would place runners where they would have ended up if the IFF was declared.

I suppose an argument could be made that IFF should have been called regardless of the eventual outcome. @Velho makes some good points about how ordinary effort should be determined.

That's not what I was saying. On THIS play, I felt they should NOT have retroactively called the IFF because the offense (who IFF is supposed to protect) was not disadvantaged. I was saying that if the umpires failed to call IFF, and the defense was able to turn a DP because of that, THEN they should retroactively call the IFF, call the BR out and put the runners who were called out back on base.

The presumption is that failing to call IFF put the offense at a disadvantage which resulted in a double play. In this case, returning the runners back on base from being called out.

Should be when you determine ordinary effort. Is it ideal to calI it at the apex? Sure, but if ordinary effort hasn't been determined, then calling it at the apex, or when the ball starts to come down might lead to calling it when it shouldn't have been called. We need to be patient, while still giving the offense the time they need to act accordingly.

Interesting that they call it a "chin guard" and not a "throat guard." Might be for legal purposes.

This is what I wrote on X: I don’t like it and here’s why: The offense wasn’t disadvantaged on the play - nobody was put out. If, because the umpires failed to declare the infield fly, the defense was able to turn a double play, then yes, turn back the clock and call the batter out for infield fly and return the runners. But not in this case. They penalized the offense for the defense’s poor play.

Is this a Facebook or Instagram thing? I'm not on Instagram and spend VERY little time on FB these days.

Well, we point and call "That's interference!" when we determine the batter interfered. We don't enforce the interference until the initial throw or attempted throw fails to retire the runner.

Personally, I think it's a much better mechanic to come up the 1B side. While your view of R1 sliding past the bag is worse, your view of R1's slide directly into the bag (or not) is much better. And as you already stated, your view of pulled foot/swipe tag is far superior from the 1B side.

It certainly doesn't shatter like a windshield. SG put a huge disclaimer on their site for this shovel.

The old thread was locked but this happened yesterday. Guess I should have asked SG if they would replace it but I just ordered a new one. This was a ricochet off the batter (HBP). No damage to me so I guess it did it's job. I've been hit in this TG several times so I guess it finally met its match.

Too bad those plate shoes/brush combo that ump-attire put out as an April Fools joke weren't real! I saw do whatever you need to do and to hell with how it looks. It's a miracle you're back out there!

Pretty hard to obstruct when you have possession of the ball.

Not a former catcher, but there was one that would put his hand over his mask to throw us under the bus with his coach.

Was on a call with two prominent NCAA assigners tonight and they endorsed the IAWE protocol for these instances.

I have this as legal. He's getting set on the rubber, puts his glove/hand in front to establish his windup position and then takes a step that doesn't gain ground towards the plate and delivers. I had one very similar to this and we as a crew decided it was legal.

I'm glad Lindsey is talking about the difference between px and ABS. ABS will undoubtedly overturn pitches that were called correctly. I'd be fine with ABS if it was truly accurate, but using a 2D slice and using average % of a batter's height for the top and bottom makes every close pitch overturned because of height suspect.

I don't like this OBS call, and it most definitely wouldn't be correct in NCAA. In this image, F4 has possession of the ball and his left foot is not blocking the BR's path to the base. By the time his foot is between the BR and the base, he's in the process of making the tag.

That was my second thought (first one being that F1 committed MC). And also how they were able to write down all the numbers of the players that left their positions to approach the immediate area of the altercation. This will probably be in next year's clinic, but I'd sure like to see something sooner from Gosney.

I think the key thing is to NOT get too wrapped up in the double base. Sure, when plays aren't close, you can give some extra attention to which base the runner touches. But on whackers, focus only on if the batter-runner beats the throw or the throw beats the batter-runner. Nothing worse than losing focus realizing that, yes, the batter-runner touched the colored base, but having no idea on if he beat the play or not.

Don't work in the kill zone!

This is very true. Nobody can tell you what your recovery will be like. Right after my surgery, the doctor gave me a 70% chance to walk again. I was determined to get back on the college baseball field, and I've not only done that, but I also snow ski. Not as well as before, but I'm still doing things that I love to do. Best of luck to you!