Batter turning at first base

[Guest Tim McAdams]

If the batter hits the ball and is safe at first and doesn’t turn but veers into the field of play and then is tagged, is he out?

[Richvee]

Simply turning to the left is not sufficient to be called out if tagged. The runner needs to make an attempt..could be a step, deke, etc. towards 2B. "Veers" is a vague term. Could be interpreted as "rounding 1B", that would indeed be an attempt towards 2B.

[isired]

Assuming you're talking about a BR that has overrun first base - he has to be making an attempt to advance to second, in the umpires judgment.

 

 

 

 

[Aging_Arbiter]

now, lets take into consideration the level of "judgment".  Would I trust most of the guys on this site to make the correct call, probably.  Would I trust the umpire in a previous 7U post to understand what intent means.  Absotively posolutley no.

[beerguy55]

2 hours ago, Aging_Arbiter said:

now, lets take into consideration the level of "judgment".  Would I trust most of the guys on this site to make the correct call, probably.  Would I trust the umpire in a previous 7U post to understand what intent means.  Absotively posolutley no.

It's the umps (and frankly, coachs/players/parents) that don't think it's a judgment call at all and that intent doesn't matter - and hold to the belief that simply rotating left puts you at peril - that worry me.

[scrounge]

30 minutes ago, beerguy55 said:

It's the umps (and frankly, coachs/players/parents) that don't think it's a judgment call at all and that intent doesn't matter - and hold to the belief that simply rotating left puts you at peril - that worry me.

Man, I'm still bitter about the dude that called me out for simply turning slowly left 40 yrs ago when I was a kid!