chuck

Sorry it was Michael Keaton, not Crystal. Old enough to remember, almost.

And Billy Crystal, Teri Garr. Hit submit before finished.

Mr. Mom. Martin Mull

One last comment, I think. Under OBR, not sure in FED, the defense loses right to appeal any runners at any base if they "err" in appeal attempt by throwing the ball into dead ball territory, as in the OP.

Ok, my confusion is in thinking their initial throw to 3rd, while a part of continuous action, was there appeal of R3 leaving prior to first touch of catch.

Assuming R3 crossed home before ball went out of play, he could correct in OBR, but not Fed, right? My question is does he need to? Does defense get to appeal after ball is returned to field and put in play(OBR) or make a dead ball appeal(Fed) when the reason it became dead is their throw out of play?

Can R3 correct his base running error now that the ball is dead? Defense erred in appeal attempt, which was there throw to 3rd.

The "dangler" is an important piece of safety equipment. It protects the catcher's throat from a thrown bat when he looks up for a foul or fair pop fly (that's why it needs to dangle), as well as foul balls and bounced pitches. It's a rule that I enforce. I don't want to be there when a player is injured and not wearing one.

Regardless of level, this is amateur baseball and regadless of what the knucklehead did wrong (scoring needlessly), he does not deserve to be injured. If I know about it, I have to take steps to discourage it. Like it was said, I don't want to leave there after an injury with the knowledge I might could have prevented it. His teammates can inform him of the error of his ways.

David Price, Tampa Bay Rays, pitches exactly like described from windup. On TV you have a limited view of him, usually top half. So, not positive something isn't moving, but looks like a stop. Kids copy what they see. Kinda like all the mini steps and gyrations MLB'rs do now while coming to set position.

Right before he started his move to third, there might have been a very slight flinch. Not even sure if U1 could have seen it. But, my question was, is there anything wrong with the move to third as he did it? He stepped directly to the base, but never broke his hands from the set position,almost paused, then wheeled and threw toward first. Probably nothing, but he was so deliberate that it looked odd.

LL Jrs. I'm in 1B coacing box. Not umpire. R1, less that 2 strikes. R1 running on pitch batter swings, foul tip. Signalled and hammered as a strike by PU. Someone, not sure who, yells foul ball. R1 now R2 starts trotting back toward 1st. I'm yelling to get back on the bag, he's yelling but he tipped it... Finally he gets back to 2nd before the tag. DC call time and starts yelling it's a foul ball to me, because I'm closer, I guess. I said no, it's a foul tip, live ball. He says, but it's not the 3rd strike. And he's coached for a long time...

Could the call be corrected if a proper protest is made?

UmpJM, thanks very much. This is another great form, and easy to use.

Thanks to all, and especially for the forms. Chuck