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[Guest Ray]

if you cannot see the tag is a runner safe at the base?

 

[Richvee]

As a general rule.. "You can't call what you don't see." As with most rules, there are exceptions. 

One example would be .....Runner in a rundown, fielder swipes a tag on the runner and for whatever reason I get straight lined and don't see the "contact" of the tag...Runner stops running, fielder stops chasing...I've got a tag and an out. 

[noumpere]

Sometimes, you just need to umpire.

[maven]

11 hours ago, Guest Ray said:

if you cannot see the tag is a runner safe at the base?

 

This is the umpiring version of "If a tree falls in the woods..."

[Aging_Arbiter]

If a man is in the woods, and there is no woman around to hear what he says.......is he still wrong?

[Kevin_K]

11 hours ago, Aging_Arbiter said:

If a man is in the woods, and there is no woman around to hear what he says.......is he still wrong?

This coming from the guy who always uses SWMBO when referring to his wife?

Rhetorical question, right?

[The Man in Blue]

14 hours ago, Aging_Arbiter said:

If a man is in the woods, and there is no woman around to hear what he says.......is he still wrong?

According to TrackMan, the man’s comments were at 60dB and located approximately 6.2 feet out of the heart of the woman’s hearing zone.

*The man is always incorrect.

[Rich Ives]

On 8/30/2019 at 10:18 AM, Aging_Arbiter said:

If a man is in the woods, and there is no woman around to hear what he says.......is he still wrong?

I have a tee shirt with that on it. The women who see it say "yes".

[Lou B]

12 hours ago, The Man in Blue said:

*The man is always incorrect.

Unless, of course, he's an umpire!

[stevis]

On 8/30/2019 at 10:18 AM, Aging_Arbiter said:

If a man is in the woods, and there is no woman around to hear what he says.......is he still wrong?

We can be better than this.

[agdz59]

3 hours ago, stevis said:

We can be better than this.

Reminds me of the Red Green Show's Possum Lodge Men's Prayer:

"I'm a man, and I can change.  If I have to.  I guess."

[MadMax]

1 hour ago, agdz59 said:

Reminds me of the Red Green Show's Possum Lodge Men's Prayer:

"I'm a man, and I can change.  If I have to.  I guess."

This is applicable to umpiring!:

About relationships, wiser words have not been shared: