Failed Pick-off scores two but...

[dookiexman]

So I was in the middle of my 3rd out of 4 games last night and they were all going long. 13-15 year old fall ball, OBR with 2 hour time limit finish the inning. I'm PU and the visiting Yankees are up by quite a few over the White Sox. Yankee batter gets HBP and I send him to 1st to load the bases with 1 out. While he jogs to 1st, I go around the catcher to clean the plate. I return to my spot, batter steps into the box, I go to put the mask on and look up at F1 and he is throwing a pick off to 1st base. The throw goes 3 feet over the outstretched jumping F3's glove and to the fence 30 feet away. R3 is flying into HP, R2 is rounding 3rd, I'm yelling "Time! Time! Time!". Finally after R1 is standing on 3rd and the ball gets back to F1, I yell "You back to 1st!" (pointing at the original R1), "You and you back to the bases you started on!" (pointing to the original R2 & R3), "Pitcher, you have to wait until I put the ball back in play before you start!" My BU backs me up on the call.

Next batter Sac fly to F8 scoring R3 holding R2 and R1, next batter pops out foul to the catcher end of the inning. I only managed to stop the bleeding, because the final score was 17-4 Yankees and that was 3 innings later. That was with a 6 run 7th by the visiting Yankees (Total game time 2:20). Luckily the final game of the night was less eventful and ended in a 9-7 win for the Brewers over the Astros in a well played game by both teams right at 2 hours.

[Mike Walsh]

I return to my spot, batter steps into the box, I go to put the mask on and look up at F1 and he is throwing a pick off to 1st base.

It's a good idea to put your mask on before stepping into the slot. If F1's not going to wait for you, he could just as easily be pitching instead of trying a pick-off.

Mike

[noumpere]

So

That's exactly my reaction to reading this. 

[dookiexman]

I was putting it on as I stepped in behind the catcher but had not set myself into the slot yet. However, that is good advice that all should follow. The batter stepped into the box as I walked away from brushing the plate.

[siz]

When was time called?  As BR is jogging to 1B, I have it live....

 

[dookiexman]

When the BR was HBP. I called time. Pointed to 1B. Went to the plate to sweep it clean. Chaos ensues...

[Thunderheads]

When was time called?  As BR is jogging to 1B, I have it live....

 

then you'd be wrong ...........

[maven]

When was time called?  As BR is jogging to 1B, I have it live....

 

Maybe on a BB, not on a HBP.

[siz]

Brain Freeze...sorry...

[grayhawk]

Maybe on a BB, not on a HBP.

Nor an IBB in Fed...

[catsbackr]

Maybe I missed something, but, what was the point of this story?

[MadMax]

Luckily the final game of the night was less eventful and ended in a 9-7 win for the Brewers over the Astros in a well played game by both teams right at 2 hours.

Bless you... With the season we're having, we'll take any win we can get.

 

And guys, don't be so harsh on Dookie... It's just a fellow umpire relating the travails of Fall Ball... God save us all.

[dookiexman]

I wasn't sure if this needed to go into Free for All or War Stories....but then I thought, well this was a Situation that I found myself in that maybe others have had to deal with (players starting to play without the play being put back into play). So I thought I would tell my tale so that others could read about the wonders of Fall Ball in all it's glories...(thanks @‌MadMax)

[MadMax]

In all fairness, @dookiexman, this is definitely a War Story. The Situations section is more for posed scenarios where we umpire colleagues can analyze resolutions (or lack thereof).

The only resolution for your scenario is a tranquilizer dart or two. The only question is when to use them. I vote for right before you say "Play Ball!".

[grayhawk]

In all fairness, I don't pay much attention to the categories. I just view "New Content" to pick and choose what I want to read.

[noumpere]

In all fairness, I don't pay much attention to the categories. I just view "New Content" to pick and choose what I want to read.

And, just to show that it's hard to develop a site that works for all -- I read by forum, and skip those that are (likely to be) mostly social.  So, I skip "intorducitns" and "free for all" and read rules, mechanics, etc.

 

I'd rather NOT get a purely social or war story post in what I read.

[stl_ump]

So I was in the middle of my 3rd out of 4 games last night and they were all going long. 13-15 year old fall ball, OBR with 2 hour time limit finish the inning. I'm PU and the ...

For Fall Ball we go 1:45, DROP DEAD time.  Doesn't matter where we are in the game.  It's over when the timer beeps.  These are all just practice games with nothing on the line.  Sure makes for a nice pleasant evening.  I'm always home on time after these games.