Checked Strike 3

[cigarmon]

Hypothetical . . .2 strikes to batter, PU goes to BU on potential checked strike 3. Question...does BU punch out batter or just give a simple strike signal and PU rings him up?

[Majordave]

Simple "Yes he did" with raised right fist from BU. Plate umpire then mirrors out signal and verbally declares "batter's out!

[johnnyg08]

Simple "Yes he did" with raised right fist from BU. Plate umpire then mirrors out signal and verbally declares "batter's out!

 

While I would pay to see a base umpire ring him up Naked Gun style, a simple punch as Dave stated will suffice.

 

[UmpireFever]

whack him. 

[noumpere]

whack him. 

That's exactly the kind of thing that will make all other participants think that you think that the show is all about you.

 

Just the crisp "yes he did" and hammer strike.

[johnnyg08]

Just make sure the base umpire leaves his indicator in his ball bag.

[Majordave]

Funny joke from my old HS association in Lexington, Kentucky.

Supposedly, an alpha male member who generally did umpire with the attitude it was all about him, when working the bases in 2 man and was asked on check swing with 2 strikes on the batter "did he go?" By plate umpire responded with a hammer fist and a loud "NO! But it caught the corner, STRIKE THREE, BATTER'S OUT!"

Hahaha. Crazy if true.

Allegedly happened several years before I joined the association. The offending umpire was not working games for our association anymore.

[Thunderheads]

Funny joke from my old HS association in Lexington, Kentucky.

Supposedly, an alpha male member who generally did umpire with the attitude it was all about him, when working the bases in 2 man and was asked on check swing with 2 strikes on the batter "did he go?" By plate umpire responded with a hammer fist and a loud "NO! But it caught the corner, STRIKE THREE, BATTER'S OUT!"

Hahaha. Crazy if true.

Allegedly happened several years before I joined the association. The offending umpire was not working games for our association anymore.

I've heard that story before ....supposedly from "Michigan" ...so, that sounds like an "umpiring old wives tale"

[JaxRolo]

Simple "yes he did" and a hammer

[johnnyg08]

 

Funny joke from my old HS association in Lexington, Kentucky.

Supposedly, an alpha male member who generally did umpire with the attitude it was all about him, when working the bases in 2 man and was asked on check swing with 2 strikes on the batter "did he go?" By plate umpire responded with a hammer fist and a loud "NO! But it caught the corner, STRIKE THREE, BATTER'S OUT!"

Hahaha. Crazy if true.

Allegedly happened several years before I joined the association. The offending umpire was not working games for our association anymore.

I've heard that story before ....supposedly from "Michigan" ...so, that sounds like an "umpiring old wives tale"

 

 

 

If it ain't true, it ought to be!

[cigarmon]

Thanks gentlemen

[bam]

Funny joke from my old HS association in Lexington, Kentucky.

Supposedly, an alpha male member who generally did umpire with the attitude it was all about him, when working the bases in 2 man and was asked on check swing with 2 strikes on the batter "did he go?" By plate umpire responded with a hammer fist and a loud "NO! But it caught the corner, STRIKE THREE, BATTER'S OUT!"

Hahaha. Crazy if true.

Allegedly happened several years before I joined the association. The offending umpire was not working games for our association anymore.

I've heard that story before ....supposedly from "Michigan" ...so, that sounds like an "umpiring old wives tale"

Makes sense coming from michigan