we all miss one now and then

[Majordave]

at your expense!

 

Hahahaha!

 

Next time it will be my turn.  Karma for poking at you like this.

[Mick]

Happened to me as a PU during my first HS game.  It's awful.  There's no turning back, either (as was already pointed out).  Some calls can be reversed for the sake of getting it right.... but once "FOUL" is said, it's in stone.  Appropriately, too, since that's the taste of a sh1t sandwich.

[JaxRolo]

I haven't missed a call since the last time I missed one!

[Jocko]

While I agree, ....I also agree that Greg knows the terminology ... he just brain farted, and WE ALL DO IT!

Sure, I don't think anyone disputes that.

 

Emphasizing the "brain fart" aspect of Jocko's situation deflects judgments that he's a bad umpire. Some umpires who make bad calls are bad umpires; Jocko just had a brain fart (sorry, to pick on you here by name, Jocko, but I'm working up to a point).

 

What we don't want to do is to say, well, Jocko had a brain fart and kicked one, so that's all there is here. No: there's a learning opportunity, a chance to remind ourselves of (a) the fair/foul definition, (b) the FED rule about fixing a fair/foul call, (c ) proper mechanics for ruling a foul ball, (d) the importance of having good timing, (e) ultimately, the need to get ourselves trained so that our timing is proper every time.

 

So thank you, Jocko, for the opportunity to learn! Exactly why I shared. Regardless how long you've been calling or your credentials, we are ALL subject to kicking one every now and then. And noone feels worse about it than the guy who has to eat it. As for terminology -vs- timing.....mine was timing. I jumped the call. Plain and simple.

I had the next game on the stick, too. I wiped it off. New game, new day. Learn and grow.

[johnnyg08]

Exactly why I shared. Regardless how long you've been calling or your credentials, we are ALL subject to kicking one every now and then. And noone feels worse about it than the guy who has to eat it. As for terminology -vs- timing.....mine was timing. I jumped the call. Plain and simple.

I had the next game on the stick, too. I wiped it off. New game, new day. Learn and grow.

Sure, for you it was timing...for a new umpire reading this it's likely going to be a terminology AND a timing issue.

Just ask the umpire in your postgame who screams foul as the ball is rolling untouched in foul territory down the first base line the definition of a foul ball and I'll bet you a shiny nickel that he won't mention anything about it being touched or coming to rest.

So why is he screaming "foul" at the wrong time...not so much timing, but lack of terminology knowledge.

For the guy who's learning, we make an attempt to save him on here so it doesn't have to eat the $hit sandwich on the field.

[RingEmUp]

This is why I carry mustard packs and a small bottle of sriacha in my ball bags, gotta make that $h1t sammich taste a little better.

[ZebraStripes]

 

 

During second game as PU I had to help my partner on a ground ball that hit home team's R1 in heel as he made his way to 2B, barely nicked it but it changed spin on ball ever so slightly. Partner did not call it.  Visiting HC and dugout are going nuts.  Partner asks what I have.  I say, don't you mean to ask me if I have the ball hitting runner?  Yes, I do.  He's out.  Here comes home team head coach asking me if I have it in for them.  "No way it hit the runner."  "Yes it did.  I got a good look.  It did John."  "No way, Dave! " "Ok.  We are going to have to agree to disagree again John.  Let's play ball."  Homers go on to win 18-2 so no hard feelings.

 

 

And here I thought you told them your name was Dick!

[HokieUmp]

During a college post season game, 3 man, my U1 had R1 on base with less than 2 outs. Pitcher throws to 1B in an effort to pick off the runner. He gets the ball there so long before the runner gets back that the 1B swipes at the runner & misses completely because the runner was that slow or that far off! My partner calls him "Out!" 

The 3B coach yells over, "Larry, he never tagged him!"

Larry replies, "I didn't say he tagged him, I called him OUT!"

1) Don't get too cute on tag plays.

2) Don't reward bad base running.

 

I don't get it.  Are you saying cheat teams?

 

Really?  Or am I missing something?