Play at plate

[GPblue]

*i wasn't at game* passed ball. Runner comes in to score. Pitcher comes in to make a play. Runner avoids tag and attempts to touch the base. His hand touches only the black on the plate. Umpire does nothing until pitcher goes over and tags runner and calls him out. Is the runner out?

[Gfoley4]

That would seem pretty hard to just touch the black of the plate!

[GPblue]

From what the manager and umpire told me you could clearly see finger marks on the dirt and the black part of the plate only.

[Magic]

The black is part of the plate.

[Jocko]

It's either dirt or plate. Which was it?

[GPblue]

It was finger marks on the dirt and finger mark on the black of the plate. Umpire called out stating the black is not part of the plate.

[Replacematt]

By definition, only the part of the plate that is bounded by the dimensions in 1.05 is the actual plate.

[DVA7130]

Black is not the plate.

On property maintained fields it should not be visible.

I would never tell the coach he just got the black though, just that he missed it.

If starts pointing out the marks highly visibly he's going to be gone.

[basejester]

He didn't touch the plate with his body, because hands are considered part of the bat.

 

 

 

He's out.

[BigUmpire]

The black is part of the plate.

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[Magic]

The black is part of the plate.

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It was a joke. I am not sure how you could tell tell a coach he got the black and not the plate

[JaxRolo]

Good call!

[ricka56]

It was finger marks on the dirt and finger mark on the black of the plate.

 

Sounds like a job for the forensics team at CSI-Wrigley

[noumpere]

By rule, the correct call.  By the way the game is played, not so much.

[MidAmUmp]

I hope the umpire didn't call any strikes on the black.  Can't have it both ways.

[maven]

I'd be positive his fingernail brushed the plate, regardless of what the coach read in the dirt.

[umpstu]

I hope the umpire didn't call any strikes on the black.  Can't have it both ways.

Be consistent. Call it both ways. Ha

[BigUmpire]

Miss an out?-NOPE.

 

• “ Never pass up an opportunity to get an outâ€.- Umpire in Chief
• “The more strikes and outs you call the closer you are to Miller Timeâ€.-Bigumpire
• "Strikes and outs will get you home."-plateumpire 
• “When in doubt, it’s an out†–Bigumpire

[Rich Ives]

The black is part of the plate.

 

Nope.

[Magic]

Rich read above

[Jimurray]

The black is part of the plate.

 

Nope.

What if the home team paints it white? Granted, the bevel should not be visible, but I've seen it painted white.

[noumpere]

 

 

The black is part of the plate.

 

Nope.

What if the home team paints it white? Granted, the bevel should not be visible, but I've seen it painted white.

 

What if the home team paints part of the dirt surrounding the plate white?  What if the can leaks and there is a white line goign all the way back to the dugout?

[ricka56]

What if the home team paints it white? Granted, the bevel should not be visible, but I've seen it painted white.

 

What if the home team paints part of the dirt surrounding the plate white?  ...

 

I have seen this ...but there was still not enough paint laid to mark the width of my KZ.

[DVA7130]

 

 

What if the home team paints it white? Granted, the bevel should not be visible, but I've seen it painted white.

 

What if the home team paints part of the dirt surrounding the plate white?  ...

 

 

I have seen this ...but there was still not enough paint laid to mark the width of my KZ.

 

Right, that is marked with chalk on either side.

 

 

[BaltimoreUmpire]

Wait, the black isn't part of the plate? Can someone explain this!? I thought it was part of the plate