gymcoch

juniors...12-14 year olds

First game on big diamond with 3 man crew. I'm 3B Ump. In D, With an R3, where is the best place to be on an attempted pick off? Should I try to move into fair territory to get a better angle? Start about 5 feet from 3B rather than 10 and stay put? What about if the throw is coming from D2 on an attempted pick off? Stay put or move in? Thanks in advance.

quick mechanics question from a game I did: R2. Fly out to CF. R2 tags properly and reaches 3B. DC is screaming to throw the ball to 2B to "appeal" after the catch. Now if she had left early, I would have called her out. But because she did not leave early, I made no "safe" call until they threw back to F1 and then made an obvious appeal to 2B. Should I have just indicated safe initially? Thanks in advance Wes

Base umping. Rundown between 2B and 3B. I am in working area between 2B and 3B. Runner decides to go back to 2B. He avoids the tag by getting around the fielder with the ball (within 3 feet). He falls and is scrambling back to 2B. I see, from behind the fielder, the fielder tag the runner before he reaches the bag. 1B coach (and crowd on 1B side-for what its worth) ask why he's safe. Apparently he missed the tag on the runner. I was in the right spot and called what looked like a tag out. Did I botch the call? Could/should I have been in a different spot? Thanks in advance.

Should be an easy one for you guys and I think I know the answer but want to confirm: Bases loaded, 2 out. D3K- ball gets away. Run scores before F2 throws or tags B/R out. Run score or not? Is throw to 1B or tag of B/R a force? Thanks in advance.

Batter swung. Strike 3, dead ball...right?

Thanks, gang!

If ALL runners have advanced one base. So if R1 has rounded 2B almost to 3B, but BR had not yet reached 1B at TOT, R1 should only get third?

Been doing LL for a few years now. Watching several of my son's middle school (60/90) games, I was confused when an overthrow from an infielder went out of play and R1 was awarded home. He was already around 2B when the throw was made. I thought it was clear cut that it's 2 bases from TOP on that, but was told by some friends who do big diamond ball, that at this level, it's umpire's judgement. Does this mean runners are awarded bases based upon where the ump thought they could have made it to had the ball not gone out of play? Thanks in advance!

Rich, I read this as well. But say R1 takes off after ball gets past F2 and he is almost to 2B. Is it still 1 base from time of pitch? What if he had reaches 2B before it rolled out of play?

LL- R1, Pitch gets past F2 and rolls out of play. Does R1 get 2B or 3B? Is it TOP and therefore 2B? Does it matter if R1 took off before ball rolled out of play and therefore 3B? Thanks in advance.

In LL, I thought that this would be "I got nothing" or train wreck if the thrown ball to F3 (for example) took him into the baseline and colliding with BR??

So a high pop up in foul territory in front of 1B, F1 comes to try to get under it (as well as F3), BR stays in base path and F1 (looking up) and BR collide, it's what? Say F3 never got to it and F1 would have had the best chance? INT even though BR never saw where ball was? Sorry...just still unclear.

2 questions. First one's easy and the second I just want to clarify what I am reading (Little League) 1. Pop up 1B line/foul territory. BR in base path and P or F3 collide as fielders are looking in the air at the pop up. Train wreck? 2. (stay with me here): Improper batter reaches 1B. Defense appeals it and proper batter is called out. It says that any advance made by runners due to a hit, BB, etc...is nullified. Does that include the improper batter who has reached 1B? Is he pulled off of 1B? As always, thanks in advance

Even if he's waiting to field a catch, doesnt he have to give the runner a path to reach the base (unless he's being pulled into the path by the throw). I'm thinking of F3 giving the base path even though he is fielding a throw unless pulled into the path by the throw. I would have called OBS. (Little League)

Probably a fundamental mechanic, but I dont know it: If I'm BU and watching for the tag up, should the PU call "catch" as soon as the OF first touches the ball, given the fact that if the ball is bobbled and caught, runner can tag as soon as ball is first touched. But if he yells "catch" and it's not caught, then chaos ensues. What's the right call? Thanks in advance.

What if the runner had been thrown out attempting to go home?? Does OC now have an option?

So this question is a bit outside the box (pun intended) from the usual ones. First year umping, and I have asked several technical questions here. But here's a personal one: I feel as though I have had a great half a season. I know the rule book very well. I have good mechanics. Yeah, I have probably missed a couple of close calls. I think I have a good strike zone. My problem is with 2 Little League coaches in particular who, during more than one game, will either dance around frantically with their hands over their head or make comments aloud like "come on" or "are you kidding me?" I have never warned either for this, as I feel like it wasn't a personal attack and it within the league that I am the UIC for. But these actions just piss me off to the point that I dont want to do their games anymore (or I want to choke them). Is this my fault for letting it get to me; will I develop thicker skin the more I ump? Thanks in advance.

This did NOT happen in my little league game but could have. When Umping, I often think of scenarios in my head. Came up with this: Player coming home misses touching the plate. Defensive manager puts in a new pitcher who takes his warm-up pitches (time is obviously out). Ball is put back in play and P steps off of mound and throws home to appeal the last runner touching home. Is the appeal allowed? Has there been a "baseball play" or does it have to happen while the ball is live? Thanks in advance for your comments.

I gather that you are saying that because R1 getting hit by the batted ball would interfere with F3 or F4 fielding the ball? But what if it's hit hard enough that the fielder wasn't going to be able to make the play? Another "out there" question while I have your attention: Batter hits the ball and the ball bounces back and hits the bat again in fair territory. Rule states ball is alive and in play. Ump would not make a call of "fair ball". So what if batter returns to box, pitcher gets ball back and heads to mound and no manager questions it? What do I call/do?

I apologize for the frequency of my questions, but I keep coming up with 'em so I figure I'll ask 'em: R1 and R2. R1 hit by batted ball. Immediate dead ball, BR gets 1B. Does R2 go back to 2B or get 3B? Do runners only advanced if forced? Thanks in advance!

One of the biggest myths that I had learned growing up that was debunked for me was the "you cant switch sides of the plate after 2 strikes". I just learned of another rule I thought was true, but learned it was a myth. Looking for confirmation. If a runner is touching the base and is hit by a fair ball, he is out. Is that correct? Always thought he was safe if he was touching the base. Thanks in advance.

If a coach decides to finish out the game under protest, and they win the game, does the protest still get judged upon and if the protest is upheld, is the game still replayed from the point of the rule misinterpretation? (meaning now that team could possible LOSE if replayed?) Thanks in advance

So here's a follow-up to the question:is there ever a time that an umpire SHOULD step in and at least talk to the offensive manager about the P hitting his 5th or 6th kid?

In LL, is there a rule that states that a P needs to be replaced after hitting a certain number of batters? By the way: umped my 3rd LL game from behind the plate. Got to call my first runners interference, although I goofed and let the play run it's course and then called the runner out rather than calling dead ball.