[chris s]

Originally posted by wpiced
All right, I belong to a rather influential umpire's association in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of the officers of the association is truly an expert on the baseball rules, OBR, NFHS, NCAA, USSSA, etc. He clearly says that, "a dead ball becomes live when the pitcher steps on the rubber with the ball."

Now, I have read and reread rule 5.11 of the OBR and I just can't see it. "THE PLATE UMPIRE SHALL CALL "PLAY" AS SOON AS THE PITCHER TAKES HIS PLACE ON HIS PLATE WITH THE BALL IN HIS POSSISSION." That seems to be a requirement for the UIC. But, What if the F3 is still standing in foul territory when F1 steps on the rubber and the UIC is waiting for F3 to get into fair territory. R1 bolts for second base. If I am the UIC, I put R1 back on first and tell him to wait until I put the ball in play. By the way, so that there is no misunderstanding, I always "point" the ball in play and will not allow any action until I do.

Now, where am I wrong?

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FERMAR????? I work for PSM down in Monterey, FERMAR has some unbelievable hacks in san Jose, tiss the good ol boy sit up there....