Thu Mar 16, 2006, 11:16am
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Plymouth, MN
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dakota
Quote:
Originally posted by WestMichiganBlue
If the batter swung, why was she just standing there?
Because the PU said that she did not legally swing - he called it a BALL!
The BU did not put the batter in jeopardy; her swing and miss / failure to run did
The batter heard ball, she is standing there. Now the BU reverses the call to a strike. Why isn't that placing her in jeopardy?
This is one situation where I WILL NOT go to my partner. I will tell the catcher and/or coach that I made the call and will stick with it - for the obvious reason that the runner did not get a fair chance to advance to 1B.
WMB
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If this player has any experience at all, she has seen several checked swing ball calls over turned after the PU goes for help. We require the catcher to know the game situation, so should the batter. The matter is not settled by the PU's call of "ball." If the checked swing was close, she should have been running.
I'm just answering the OP's question... did the PU put the batter in jeopardy by going for help? In my view, no, he did not.
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Dakota,
I disagree. In the OP, the PU called the pitch a ball. The batter goes with the PU's call. By going to the BU, the PU put the BR in jeopardy. I think PU has to eat the call and take the heat.
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Mark
NFHS, NCAA, NAFA
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?" Anton Chigurh - "No Country for Old Men"
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