[MichaelVA2000]

Originally posted by WestMichBlue
"So F1 holds on to ball."

And:

"the PU killed the play and called the B-R out for violation of the LBR!"


There is no trickery here, no HTBT; just a clear rules violation that one umpire saw - and called.

The question for you is:

Given that this is a very obscure rule that no one will know about nor understand,

Given the game situation, and that this call ends the game with the home team having the tying run on 3B,

Given that you are in for one hell of an explanation to a set of very irate coaches and players,

Given that the coaches are not going to believe you and assume that you made a very dumb mistake,

Given that protests are not allowed,

Given that you have to find a way off the field through a hostile crowd,

Given that you are guaranteed a very bad rating,

Then:

Would you have made that call?

WMB

WMB,

That's what I call an Oh Sh*t call, when I've called what I've seen and then realize the game situation and say to myself...Oh Sh*t!

I had the plate during a championship game a few years ago
with the the home team down by a run, bases loaded and two outs. The batter takes a full swing at the pitch and hits a sqibbler a few feet in front of the plate, F2 scrambles out on her leg guards and as she is trying to field the ball her mitt comes off, F2 sees F1 charging in and reaches out and with the glove loose on the ground slides it into the ball which now rolls to F1 who picks it up and fires to first base.

I've got my arm in the delayed dead ball position and announce loose eauipment violation. U1 bangs the BR out at first base. When all the dust settles, I announce that I have a delayed dead ball, loose equipemnet violation on the catcher, three base award to the batter and after all the bases are touched.....that's the ball game folks.

The visiting coach as well as their fans went nuts. Coach is yelling about how I decided the game and yadda yadda yadda, I told the coach that his catcher decided the game when she pushed the ball with her mitt detached to her pitcher.

The coach dogged us all the way to the parking lot before the AD could get him away from us.

Michael



WMB