Sat Jul 17, 2004, 02:18am
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 15,794
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Quote:
Originally posted by DG
Quote:
Originally posted by tornado
In a U13 game B1 hits a HR and just barely touches the plate when he scores after rounding the bases. Defensive coach asks his catcher if he touched home. I yell over that he did, barely. Offensive coach comes to me between innings to find out about our discussion.
His response was, "A homer's a dead ball. The batter doesn't even have to run around the bases. He can just walk back to the dugout after hitting it! You can look it it up. In fact I'll bet you on it!!"
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If the defensive coach yells out to his catcher, I don't say nothing, I just wait for the appeal, if it comes, and then call him safe. I have never seen anyone called out for not touching home after a home run. As for the dead ball comment, I would not bet with a coach, but I would be real tempted to tell him that this is the dumbest thing I have ever heard a coach say.
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I've CALLED a batter out for missing the plate on a home run. When a ballplayer can't touch a 17" white slab on a dead ball (misses it by 4 inches or more) and the catcher sees it and executes a proper appeal, what else would the umpire do?
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