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Originally posted by scyguy
mick,
I want to learn what I could of done to keep this from happening again. Do you agree with killing ball and placing runners at first, second and third? Also, with my focus on the rundown, how could I have been more aware of the situation at second?
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scyguy - "So, pulling it out of my a$$...."
scyguy,
Well, R2 had already acquired 3B.
BR wisely took second when he saw 2B empty [
BR probably only heard the Out!, also.].
So, now we have the desertion. Whenever we have have a desertion we must ask ourselves, "Huh?".
Both umpires knew there was originally momentary confusion on the bobble and both umpires assumed "Safe". Now, ["
My mind is trying to understand why... "] for no apparent reason, a runner is deserting and soon the Defensive coach inadvertently is solving our problem by giving us information that had evaded us.
Since we now have new information (that BR did not desert, but that it was R1), the crew has to talk. We re-think. We ask, "Huh ?".
We hopefully realize there was no "Safe call" only the "Out call" and the "safe signal". We get both managers together.
We explain that we signalled safe but did not verbalize, "Safe"! We explain that R1 had reached 2B safely, that BR did nothng wrong seeing 2B empty because of our shortcoming, that there was no continuous action on anyone except R2 at 3B. We put R1 back on 2B because he did nothing wrong. We put BR back to 1B because he did nothing wrong and should not be penalized. We explain and apologize. We , "Play!"
Even though the initial call was made it was made without all the information. We do not reach into our back pocket after we have new information.
Of course, if we do not glean *All* the information until well after the play, the inning, the game, then it is what it is.
Like jicecone implied, "Let's talk." Let's ask, Huh?"
mick