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No - the best part of the video is this here bewildered expression:

I don't know if I posted this before - I had it happen 5 or 6 years ago in a LL game. R1, batter hits a gapper. R1 stops at third - is standing ON third while BR, never looking up, chugs into third as well. Sees runner standing on the base and runs right by him AND the 3rd base coach. I called him out. I got differing opinions on whether or not it was the right call.

He did a little air guitar there.

That spoiler thing is cool. How do you do that?

Seriously?

I think calling 3 one way and then changing is worse than calling 1 one way and then changing. It's a LOT more noticeable when it's on the same batter.

I got stuck. So yes - They were pitches I would have called ordinarily, even though they were off the plate. It's not as if they were dead red. They were borderline. I've done the Ball/Strike call when the pitch is in the same location in the past - at least I didn't miss them both is what I tell the coach. But since these were ACTUALLY outside, and I called the first one a ball, I had to stick with it. And yes, in the name of consistency. I let the catcher know after the at-bat those were going to be strikes going forward. Plus it was a scrimmage. In hindsight, I probabaly should have told F2 I missed it, sorry. Just one of those things. Couple lessons here. DON'T miss the first dman strike. Let F2 know immediately, don't wait.

I never worry about ball/strike calls. If it's close enough for me to call a strike, the kid should be swinging. HS on down - SWING THE BAT! Had one the other day - called a ball on a pitch maybe a ball/ball and 1/2 off the plate. Immendiately knew I should have called it a striike. Oh well. Next pitch - EXACT same place. Ball two. At least I'm consistent. Pitch #3 - same place again! Jeszum Crow! Now I'm begging the catcher to set up somewhere else. Kid got a free BB becasue I missed the first pitch. Big deal. It was a HS baseball game. The sun rose the next day. And we all had lunch (obscure Red Sox quote)

Really, by rule, the umpire may enforce ANY base awards that negate the OBS, but there would be no expectation of R1 getting home absent obstruction. So I shall amend my contention the the "enforcement" or "call" was incorrect. This is a judgement call which, given the available evidence, is incorrect.

Not to mention timing... I agree the timing was terrible. But he NEVER saw the ball come out. If he gave it 5 seconds he still would have had an out.

Ah. Papa C. I don't think this fits, though. He enforced an "incorrect" call on an unusual play. Edited to add: this play is still just brown.

Because its easier for the umpires.

I'm not going through the 10 pages but... Did anyone mention the six-pack of your favorite local micro-brew?Where does the ice go?

Not to start a political $h1t$torm, but wtf is the new avatar all about?

Oh yeah? I got FED, modified FED (Middle School), summer legion OBR, AAU modified FED, NCAA for prep/private, BabeRuth and various Fall ball rule sets that more closely resemble the charter of some third world hell hole than organized baseball. Make do.

I hope you mean you don't need to tell me. I used to get them by the bushel when I was new to this and then new to an area. 25 years later, I have one or two a year - when people are amazed I remember them, it's because I have so few. This from a guy who dumped someone for rolling his eyes at you? Christ, if I dumped everyone who rolled their eyes at me, I'd have to start with my wife when I roll out of bed in the morning, followed by the kids, my boss - the list goes on.... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

Who was that to, me? Definitely to you. Glove thrown at your feet. You gonna stand for that?

Now, if PU had actually been in position...... This is why we talk so much about positioning.

His statements were loud and mine stayed monotone, he did'nt want to believe that the runner was obstructed and just wanted to argue. I checked the rules, and I did error in the penalty, which should have been if the B/R was obstructed before he touched first, all advance one base, but just the runner advances if obstructed after touching the base. I made that assumption because as he was touching the base he made contact with F3.My error. You STILL crazy about that base award.

Yeah - you crazy sending R3 home. Toss the coach anyway. Sounds like he wasn't even arguing about the misapplied base award.

A - our normal rotation takes PU to 3rd. B - With R2 (please STOP using the ridiculous FED designations for base runners - Runner on 1st is R1 etc) PU always stays home unless R1 & R2 with less than 2 out, in which case PU takes the tag at 3rd on fly ball outs. So BU takes your situation.

Same as OBR. And I agree that there's not enough information to answer the OP, but if we take a similar play -- R1, shot to the gap, R1 for whatever reason stays at second, BR for whatever reason tries for second and is obstructed with no play at the time, then there's going to be an out (or at least no mandatory award for the OBS) Don't forget about the ejection.....

Whoa. I don't know if I'd dump for that. If they're still lying there when the defense comes out, there may be an issue.

As Mike says - this is easier in FED becasue you always have an award. So you have R2 R3. Does anyone here have the NCAA interpretation?

No kidding. What kind of lunatic puts that on an exam? NCAA, maybe. And what level of ball are you doing to justify these kinds of questions?