834k3r Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 LL District Championships Pool Play. Outs and Inning don't matter. Three-man crew. I'm U3 with R1, so I'm in C. BR hits a line drive to the right center gap. I bust in to the working area as PU yells out to me that he's got 3B. U1 doesn't vocalize, but busts down to HP. F8 throws to F4, who throws home and U1 was there for the safe call. First time I've ever had that rotation on a 3-man crew and it was beautiful. I was geeking out about it I had to tell myself the inning wasn't over yet. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudisfun Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 3 man mechanics, when executed properly are amazing. The best is when everyone looks at 3rd, sees the plate guy there and then there is a play at home. Oh no! Who will be there to make the call? Bam! U1 busting it out. Great job 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_K Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Did U1 leave his calling card on HP? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
834k3r Posted July 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, Kevin_K said: Did U1 leave his calling card on HP? LOL I didn't ask, but he totally should have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velho Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Great job @834k3r! I love that feeling (we had a perfect rotation and perfect unwind in 4 man this year). Full on geek out. 57 minutes ago, Kevin_K said: Did U1 leave his calling card on HP? Not to hijack the thread but... what was that about? Based on the post it was taken with great offense by the team. Why would U1 do that and stir that pot? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimurray Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 42 minutes ago, Velho said: Great job @834k3r! I love that feeling (we had a perfect rotation and perfect unwind in 4 man this year). Full on geek out. Not to hijack the thread but... what was that about? Based on the post it was taken with great offense by the team. Why would U1 do that and stir that pot? It used to be common but it can be and was taken the wrong way once which has most shying away from doing that any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velho Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 28 minutes ago, Jimurray said: It used to be common but it can be and was taken the wrong way once which has most shying away from doing that any more. Thanks. Why was it done? A way of acknowledging the batter? Playing around with PU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMax Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 18 minutes ago, Velho said: Thanks. Why was it done? A way of acknowledging the batter? Playing around with PU? Why don’t we ( @Jimurray, et. al.) educate the group as to the situation – Event 0 – that caused the literal dust-up and social media outrage, to begin with… It was because U1 was much more hyped up and geeked out to leave the “calling card” – kicking dirt upon the plate, obscuring it and compelling the returning PU to clean it off – before observing the touch of the plate by Batter-Runner that parents and armchair baseball critics took offense to. Instead of a poorly-timed, innocuous in-joke, they interpreted it as a deliberate, near-malicious attempt to hinder and frustrate the Batter-Runner from touching the plate, and setting up the BR for a “gotcha!” appeal. It’s a silly tradition. Time it right, no-one cares. Time it wrong… “it’s not about you, Blue! The game’s not about you! No one came to see you, Blue!” 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blue Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Glad you got it @834k3r! I finally had the chance to work a few games this weekend with 3-man and was itching as U1 to rotate to home … I got there a few times, but never got a call. I’m jealous! Didn't know about “the calling card” … but we were on turf anyway. 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue4u Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 6 hours ago, 834k3r said: U1 doesn't vocalize, but busts down to HP. F8 throws to F4, who throws home and U1 was there for the safe call. That is a great feeling when an umpire crew pulls off a rotation like that. I'm assuming U1 did the right thing and did not rotate toward the plate until R1 committed to third. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevis Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 5 hours ago, 834k3r said: LL District Championships Pool Play. Outs and Inning don't matter. Three-man crew. I'm U3 with R1, so I'm in C. BR hits a line drive to the right center gap. I bust in to the working area as PU yells out to me that he's got 3B. U1 doesn't vocalize, but busts down to HP. F8 throws to F4, who throws home and U1 was there for the safe call. First time I've ever had that rotation on a 3-man crew and it was beautiful. I was geeking out about it I had to tell myself the inning wasn't over yet. Getting to be the U1 in this, for a meaningful call (i.e., a close play, not a home run trot), is my bucket list call. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue4u Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 21 hours ago, MadMax said: It was because U1 was much more hyped up and geeked out to leave the “calling card” – kicking dirt upon the plate, obscuring it and compelling the returning PU to clean it off This is such an amateurish move. Just what the plate guy needs, 😞 I had a new member of my crew do that. I read him the riot act in our postgame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevis Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 7/3/2023 at 8:48 PM, stevis said: Getting to be the U1 in this, for a meaningful call (i.e., a close play, not a home run trot), is my bucket list call. Was at U1 yesterday the VA LL Intermediate States...kid was going for a triple and I'm rotating, while in my mind thinking "sendhimsendhimSENDHIM." It was not to be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
834k3r Posted July 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 20 hours ago, stevis said: Was at U1 yesterday the VA LL Intermediate States...kid was going for a triple and I'm rotating, while in my mind thinking "sendhimsendhimSENDHIM." It was not to be. I want to simultaneously laugh and cry at this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blue Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 22 hours ago, stevis said: Was at U1 yesterday the VA LL Intermediate States...kid was going for a triple and I'm rotating, while in my mind thinking "sendhimsendhimSENDHIM." It was not to be. If the ACs in the coaches' boxes can signal safe (wonder why they never give us a sell "OUT!"), I think you would have been within your rights to wave the kid around. Though people may have wondered why you were at home plate doing this: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
834k3r Posted July 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 4 hours ago, The Man in Blue said: If the ACs in the coaches' boxes can signal safe (wonder why they never give us a sell "OUT!"), I think you would have been within your rights to wave the kid around. Though people may have wondered why you were at home plate doing this: Because the BR forgot to touch first and that's the shortest way around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLWizzRanger Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Because the BR forgot to touch first and that's the shortest way around?Two things wrong with this GIF. One, he missed third. Two, no way the 3BC is that close to the bag or stationary. He needs to be another 20 feet down the line and running towards home.Sent from my SM-F721U1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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