[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by Alligator Bag

Here is the sitch. Runners on 2nd and 3rd and 1 out. 3-0 count and I from B position call balk. Score R3 and place R2 at 3rd. Junior high game.

I go to home book and ask to see it and find out if I missed placing the runner.

As it turns out, runner on 1st was batter and had a 3-0 count when he took off for 1st after the balk.
Now what?!

After much thought this is what I went with.
I called batting out of order. I placed runner from 3rd who scored back to 3rd.
Called the proper batter, now runner at 2nd, out.
And placed the batter who grounded out, the proper batter, back at the plate to bat.
Did I kick this or do you have anything else?

First things first. DO NOT go to the HOME-BOOK. IMO, that's the same as loosing the count and then asking the coach what the count is.

Whenever, there is confusion the first thing to do is GO TO YOUR PARTNER to settle it.

I would not have called BOO.

IMO, there's 2 trains of thought.

First one. Both the OFFENSE / DEFENSE should know the rules and KNOW what's going on. If the defensive coach was paying attention, he /she should have immediately requested TIME and asked what was B1 doing on first base.

He didn't. IMO that's a similar scenario to BOO, meaning if the Defense isn't smart enough to catch it - TOO Bad. Just ask Mr. Torre of the Yanks.

Therefore, you could let play stand.

Second one. As others have said "Do Over" meaning put everything back the way it was After the Balk call. The problem with that approach is: Suppose the batter hit one out of the park. Why should the HR be negated because of an umpire error.

Your ENTIRE situation could have easily been avoided if

1. You met with your partner first. You noticed B1 on First - Leave him there. The way out is to say B1 originally walked. After all as mentioned the defense did not question B1 in the first place.

Therefore, in summary your BIGGEST mistake was going to the Home Book First and not consulting with your partner. Then you compounded matters by calling BOO.

Whever, one messes up, Call TIME consult with one another and come up with the best solution. Also, talk about it after the game to avoid in the future.

Pete Booth