So I'm an umpire behind home plate. It's the bottom of the ninth, full count 2 outs, man on first and second, the score is tied. The second-base runner breaks for third, as the pitcher starts his wind up, trying to steal. The catcher stands up, blocks my view of the plate, batter check swings. Catcher throws to third. I can't see the ball go over the plate, or see if the batter went around. I point to my partner who is standing between 2nd & 3rd, but he is looking at the play at third, and doesn't see me and can't help anyway, since he's trying to see the play at third. He calls an out at third, but there was no tag and no force. He also didn't see what the batter did. The visiting team manager asks for a second opinion regarding the play at third. My partner and I conference. I ask, "Was the baserunner tagged?" He answers, "No." I ask, if he saw the pitch and the check swing. He says no. Now, what should I have done next?
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So I'm an umpire behind home plate. It's the bottom of the ninth, full count 2 outs, man on first and second, the score is tied. The second-base runner breaks for third, as the pitcher starts his wind up, trying to steal. The catcher stands up, blocks my view of the plate, batter check swings. Catcher throws to third. I can't see the ball go over the plate, or see if the batter went around. I point to my partner who is standing between 2nd & 3rd, but he is looking at the play at third, and doesn't see me and can't help anyway, since he's trying to see the play at third. He calls an out at third, but there was no tag and no force. He also didn't see what the batter did. The visiting team manager asks for a second opinion regarding the play at third. My partner and I conference. I ask, "Was the baserunner tagged?" He answers, "No." I ask, if he saw the pitch and the check swing. He says no. Now, what should I have done next?
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beerguy55
Without getting into too much detail or sounding condescending about the literal impossibility of every action described in this play, I'll say that unless R2 over slides third base and is tagged out
noumpere
Maybe the poster was high?
Mudisfun
F2 jumps in my field of view last second and completely blocks me out? Unless I 100% have a swing by the batter, "ball!, no he didn't go." However, as described, F2 stood up while F1 was in the proces
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