Great Call!

[hogsfan787]

Just watching the NC State/Rice Game 2. In the top of tenth tie game.  No one on with a 2-1 count and NC State batting. Inside pitch and the batter chicken wings his arm. Hits him in the elbow.  Immediately HP umpire calls "Time, Thats a ball!" 

 

Hopefully someone can get a video of this because I applaud this umpire for making such a difficult call in a high intesity extra inning game.  He absolutely got the call correct and knew he was going to get chewed out for it.

[johnnyg08]

top 10th? I'm DVRing, but having a hard time keeping up w/ the rain delays and flip-flopping back and forth.

I will look.

[slo8140]

+1

That is a call you don't see everyday, but it was blatant.

[johnnyg08]

I saw one in a regional this year too.

[johnnyg08]

Okay, I have it. It is primitive, but you'll get the idea until I can work on a better version.

[Richvee]

great call

[umpstu]

Received this earlier in the year about elbow pads.

5.  1-15e—Elbow pads, a batter is permitted to wear (1) elbow protection that does not exceed 10-inches in length. Player must have an existing elbow injury and the team carries with it the following documentation:
a.     A letter identifying the player and describing the nature of the injury and describing the proposed protection pad.
b.     A physician’s report diagnosing the injury
c.      A physician’s determination of the length of time the protective pad will be necessary.
7-1e—A batter’s legal position in the box shall be defined as having both feet completely within the batter’s box (lines are a part of the box).
Umpires are to enforce this rule as written. If the line of the batter’s box has been erased, the umpire shall require that the batter’s initial stance, both feet are no closer than 6-inches from the inside edge of home plate. PENALTY: Require the batter to move to a proper position.
8-2d—If the batter gets intentionally gets touched by moving or rolling any part of the body into the pitch, the umpire shall call a strike or ball in accordance with the definition of the strike zone.
Fetchiet’s  response to a coaches concern regarding elbow pad enforcement: â€œ8-2d, p. 71, makes it difficult to consistently make the right call on the ball that hits the batter who has both feet on the chalk of the batter’s box and an elbow pad on and doesn’t make any attempt to move and part of the ball is in the strike zone because his elbows are on the inside edge of the strike zone. The rule says he can “freeze†and not make any attempt to move and it is in most cases, a hit by pitch call. It makes it
Interpretations, April 9, 2013, p. 2
very difficult to pitch inside because there is no room for even a small error in location. Because the new bat standards have made it more difficult to score runs, coaches are now buying their players these elbow pads and making them stand on the chalk line of the box and erase the inside batter’s box line during each at bat so they can even get closer as it wears away. They get their elbows on the inside edge of the strike zone, the front elbow is protected from injury and they can get on base by HBP or take away the inside part of the strike zone making it easier for the batter to cover the plate.â€

[RichMSN]

I'm surprised that went on *that* long, though.

[Thunderheads]

Mark Uyl, .... MHSAA Assistant Director

 

Nice guy, great speaker, ....great call!  I hate that elbow crap, and I hate it when coaches say, "that was a breaking ball!"    If he sticks his elbow out, he sticks his elbow out, I don't care what the pitch was!

[dumbdumb]

Wouldn't you expect this gentleman to make that tough call?

 

Mark Uyl

 

Mark is currently the Assistant Director of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). His duties include supervision and coordination of the 13,000 registered athletic officials in Michigan, along with sport responsibilities of baseball, wrestling and cross country. He is a former member of the National Federation High School Baseball Rules Committee (2007-2010). Prior to joining the MHSAA staff, Mark was an accomplished high school teacher, coach, athletic director and assistant principal at two high schools in the Grand Rapids, MI, area.

Wouldn't you expect this gentleman to make that tough call?

 

Mark Uyl

 

Mark is currently the Assistant Director of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). His duties include supervision and coordination of the 13,000 registered athletic officials in Michigan, along with sport responsibilities of baseball, wrestling and cross country. He is a former member of the National Federation High School Baseball Rules Committee (2007-2010). Prior to joining the MHSAA staff, Mark was an accomplished high school teacher, coach, athletic director and assistant principal at two high schools in the Grand Rapids, MI, area.

 

oops, you beat men to it Thunder

[Jeff C.]

I was watching the game when this occurred.  I thought it was a great call with no hesitation.  And Jeff is correct, he's a nice guy and great speaker.

[HeadHunterLA]

Great call and he handled that coach like a boss!  That is effective umpiring at its best my friends.

[alex7]

And to correct the announcer, the batter must not make an attempt to get out of the way:

 

 

A.R.—If the batter freezes and is hit by a pitch that is clearly inside the vertical lines of the

batter’s box, the ball is dead and the batter is awarded first base.

   8-2-d-2

[johnnyg08]

And to correct the announcer, the batter must not make an attempt to get out of the way:

 

 

A.R.—If the batter freezes and is hit by a pitch that is clearly inside the vertical lines of the

batter’s box, the ball is dead and the batter is awarded first base.

   8-2-d-2

Yeah, as always, ignore the announcers.

[mjr_2013]

Mary Uyl is an awesome guy... Him and his entire family are great, great people... Recently, he had his kids open for him at the MHSAA Officials Awards Banquet... His oldest son is like 11 or 12, and he started the speech with "For six years now, my dad has shamelessly stuck me and my siblings up here to soften everyone up and lower the expectations for his speech. Well, here we are again!"

[mjr_2013]

Also, funny story about Mark, there were four officials receiving the award I got for being a legacy (high school student) official... We all shook his hand and he handed us our award... He had us go and say our name and sports we officiated in front of the couple hundred other officials at the banquet... Following this, we all went back to our seats at various places around the hall... Not until then did we realize he handed us all the wrong certificate with each others names on it!!

So while there are more speeches going on, there are four high schoolers all trying to sneak around and find each other to exchange certificates for the right one... Pretty funny scene

[Umpire in Chief]

What else do you expect from the doggie bags    Go Pirates! 

 

 

But that was an excellent call and great game management by letting the skipper vent and keeping him in the game in such a high stakes situation.

[Forest Ump]

Excellent job with managing that coach. I especially liked the way he backed up a step several times to create separation. He allowed the coach to talk until he had nothing left to say.

[blue23ll]

The coach probably had bad breath....