[greymule]

I never heard that term, "rulebook smart, ballpark wrong," but it's appropriate for some calls. I also don't know (or remember) what a DMC is.

Anyway, the call I did make was sort of a "none of the above." I ruled that the runner couldn't advance because the batter was hit when she was out of the box. But I did not call the batter out, since there was no real play at 3B for her to interfere with. The coaches accepted my ruling without too much fuss.

For what's it's worth, there was some kind of umpire official in attendance, and he approached me between games and told me he thought I had done the right thing.

Since the coaches didn't complain and the official was OK with my call, I guess it was "ballpark right." As for being rulebook right . . .