tankmjg24

Had a game yesterday and ran into this situation. R2 and R3 with 1 out and a 2 man umpire crew. FED rules if it matters. Batter hits a fly ball into straight away center that was hit rather nicely. BU is in C position and takes the catch no catch. The ball is hit over F8 head and travels to the fence and the batter ends up on 2nd and R2 and R3 scores. So with the touch of the bases, which umpire has which base? Thanks

Thanks for the replys. Looks as if I will get the pleasure of having the field for the game I mentioned My opinion was if the player appears to have been injured or if he received a face full of dirt etc that I would grant time. Other than a situation like that I am not going to be granting time in order for them to be protected standing up. They should be able to walk up a base. My partner's opinion was that it is a common courtesy that all umpires practice. Thanks again.

Not sure if this is the correct location for this question or if it has been asked already but here it goes. I am going to keep it short and sweet in order to hear responses then give my opinion. I am in a debate with a fellow umpire (loser has to do the plate between what could arguably be the worst team in the state vs. the best team in the state - probably looking at a 25-0 game that will take 3 hours) over when it is appropriate to grant time. Our association officiates middle school games and it seems like within every JV game played every player that slides raises their hand requesting time in order to stand up. The coaches also regularly can be heard yelling "ask for time". So the question I have is should the player be granted time as a common courtesy or should they be expected to know how to walk up a bag? Thoughts?

FED rules. R2 and R3. F1 attempts a pick off play against R3 (from the rubber if it matters). The throw goes down the line towards home and F5 cannot glove it and the ball begins rolling towards the dugout. F5 retrieves the ball and his momentum carries him into DB territory (the field has open dugouts and he actually fully entered the dugout). R3 had already crossed home and R2 was about 10 ft shy of 3rd at the time. So I know the rule states if a ball is caught then carried into DB territory that it is a one base award. Is this still a one base award or does it make a difference where the ball was deflected, picked up, then carried into dead ball territory? Thanks.

I am not one to go looking for ejections. The thing that sent me from the warning category to ejection was the fact that the kid stopped, turned towards me, then made the comments that he did. The fact he acted the way he did after the second called strike somewhat played into my decision to eject too. To me the player was showing me up rather this was his intentions or not. Personally I did not say anything after the second strike call because the batter did not say anything. While I am pretty certain that the look and head shake was directed to me, what if he was just upset with himself because he let a pitch go that he thought he could have hit. Unless the nonverbal actions are overbearing I tend to not say much. I also agree that hopefully the player learned something from this and that in the future he will think twice before making a negative statement toward an umpire. At times I believe if we as umpires let things go that the player will never learn and that they begin to think certain things are acceptable behavior while in fact they are not.

First off, I have been a long time lurker here on the forums yet this is my first post. I find this forum to be a good meeting place for us umpires and am very glad I found it when I did. I had a varsity district game between two rival teams yesterday. With an 0-1 count the batter leans his leg into a curveball and is hit on the knee. I immediately call time and place the batter back into the box stating that he cannot dive into the pitch to purposefully get hit. In my judgement, if he does not bury the knee he does not get hit. The count is know 1-1 and the next pitch is a curveball that looks as if it is going right at the batter, however it breaks and crosses on the inside corner just a bit above the waist to which I call strike 2. After calling strike 2 he kind of just turned and looked at me for a second and shook his head. I ignored this. The 1-2 pitch was a bit outside and the batter attempted to strike at the ball but missed. Upon missing on his swing, he turns directly to me and says "Thanks blue for putting me back in the box then calling the stirke at my shoulder causing me to strike out". He then started towards the dugout. I immediately ejected him for his statement. The coach was rather adamant that I should have given him the ability to control the player. To me this is not an action where you allow the coach to handle the player as it was a direct remark to me that everyone in the park could see and possibly hear. I personally think that this is disrespectful and attempting to show me up and is an objectable offense. Thoughts?