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Originally posted by NC*BLUE
Maybe, But in real time he could look safe or out. My point is that with a bad throw from the stands he "looked safe". I was surprised he was called out. Normally, you aren't rewarded with an out when the throw is high and the tag is questionable.
So Gordon are you saying that you base your calls on what the appearance of the play looked like from the stands? Do you strive to make the correct call( as best we can) or are you out there to please the stands by calling it the way you think they saw it? There are many instances that dont look good but yet result in the objective being met, such as a catcher set up inside and the pitch hits the outside causing the catcher to reach back. Now do you call that a ball because from the stands the pitcher missed his target and it appeared the catcher had to reach way outside. Help us all and make calls as you see them and not by any baseball myths.
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There are call that are "expected to be called" at higher levels of play.
On a banger where the throw is high and the tag is high everyone (players, both coaches and spectators even your partners) expect the runner to be called safe. If you strongly feel he's out call him out but be prepared for an arguement. Using your example of a pitch above you better have a good catcher that makes that pitch look good. I gurantee at a high school varsity or college game if the catcher is lunging and you call a strike your going to hear it from the dugout.
If you are making calls that "aren't expected" (judgement calls not rules) I gurantee that the coaches from both teams won't be comfortable.
Also these are not "myths" this is protocol that is constantly evolving.