Sun

[UmpAgain]

I was calling a JV game last night.  Whoever laid out this field must have used Stone Hedge as a a guide.  The first base line goes straight west to east -- lining up the setting sun perfectly.  In the 7th inning, it's about 715pm, sun is just above the horizon and so is right above the batter's head.  No runners, I'm in A.  I can't see anything down the line (like the batter and the catcher).  I've got my hat down low and am wearing my high-end Oakley polarized sunglasses.  Trying to block the sun with my hand really isn't cutting it.  I'm wising I had my solar eclipse glasses with me.

Here's my question, would you move to the B position in this situation?

 

Thanks

 

-Steve

[MadMax]

14 minutes ago, UmpAgain said:

Here's my question, would you move to the B position in this situation?

Sure! Why not? It’s amateur baseball (a JV game at that), and I’m sure your PU partner can recognize that he now has allll F/F & C/NC down both lines, just like if you had R2/R3. No worries! Good on ya! 

Just do not call “Time!” during a pitch, when you “can’t see”, and the batter subsequently belts a HR.* 

 

* NCAA baseball. Bring your poncho, @ArchAngel72! Whee!!

[wolfe_man]

My partner did the similar thing last night on our field. He stopped using C because of the sun setting.

Sun sets in west of course, but the field is on the top of a big hill outside of town, facing SW, so you get a lot of sunset time.. he stayed in B once it dropped to the problem area.