Fri Dec 02, 2005, 08:54pm
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 15,794
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Originally posted by thomaswhite
Quote:
Originally posted by Kaliix
Well don't you know F6 fields the ball and fires to F4 who makes a great quick turn and relays the ball on to first. I set to get the call at second and then turn and move to call the play at first. The throw was high and towards home. F1 stretches straight at me and manages to catch the ball before the BR gets to first. I sell the out call.
Immediately I notice the first base coach react in disgust. The stands behind him (filled with fans for the offense) are starting to go nuts. I am wondering what the commotion is about? Three or four seconds after the play I hear the head coach(?) yell from the bench, "Can we appeal the call?" I yell no and go back to "A".
Well as it turns out, my partner was looking...he repeated that he had a good look and his foot was obviously off the bag.
The situation brings up some interesting points.
1)Should I have gone to my partner in that situation? I didn't because the request was yelled from the bench. If the coach came out and asked what I saw and said that F1 pulled his foot and would I check with the PU, I likely would have asked.
Should I still have asked? Explain why you would or wouldn't have checked?
2)Would the use of some signal from my partner have been useful in this situation to let me know he had something? Should the PU not have said anything or should he have come right up the line and offered help? Explain what you would have done differently?
3)SanDiegoSteve offered a good description a while back of how best to cover that sort of play. From reading, I guess this a difficult play for the BU to handle, especially without training. I didn't copy down his description before. Can anyone else offer a good break down of how they handle the situation above?
4) Any other thoughts?
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1)You are under no formal obligation to go to your partner and the coach (like your partner) did not use an appropriate communication protocol with you. Let the call stand.
Now an argument can be made that such a great amount of grief was shown that you might have taken that as a hint something was amiss but this still does not mean that you necessarily should be required to ask for assistance.
2) Yes, and I am in favor of having your partner, in this situation, calling "Time" and assisting in correcting the call. Pulled foot is difficult if not impossible to see depending on angle.
3)See above.
4)No. [/B]
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The pulled foot is NOT difficult to see if the BU moves and gets the right angle.
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