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Originally posted by FUBLUE
Anyway, PU calls conference with umpires, they decide it was interference, PU calls coaches together, tells them it was interference, runner is out, third out, no runs score.
Defense very happy.
Offense very unhappy. In the end, two coaches were ejected (one for place-kicking the ball over the fence, the other for thumping PU in chest with rule book), and umpires had to have an escort from diamond to the changing room.30 to 45 minutes after game ended (team on offense in scenario lost) the team members and parents are still walking around the park looking for the umpires that "cost us a national championship." Three umpires for the game were taken away from the diamond in a vehicle.
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Did'ya ever notice that anytime there is a question about the call, the umpire cost the team the game and in this case, an unproven national championship!
Forget the fact that this coach's team couldn't score more runs than their opponent or keep their opponent from scoring more runs than they couldn't score. Forget the fact that is was THEIR runner who wasn't smart enough or COACHED well enough to avoid the interference. Forget that if the umpire had made the correct call originally, the result would have been the same.
I can tell you as a fact even without having been there that these coaches do not have hemmoroids. How do I know that? Because they acted like PLAIN ***holes.
Yes, the umpire made a mistake, but that does not take away from the FACT that the runner interfered with F6 and that means a dead ball and all runners must return to the base at the time of the interference.
And then there is the coach hitting the umpire with the rule book. GOODBYE! And, yes, if there is a policeman nearby, I'll be more than willing to sign the complaint. If not, ASA will get a letter requesting punitive action against said coach. And you know what? That letter may even reach the newspaper local to where his team is based.