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Originally posted by DG
Here is my journal for today.
Got paid on site.
I may have missed an FPSR call. After the out at 2B I turned to make the safe call at 1B and when I looked back at 2B the runner was getting up off the ground on the other side of the bag. My consolation is that my partner should have called it if I missed it
The FED mechanic at least in the NY State Association is the PU is responsible for calling the FPSR when we have R1.
Reason: As demonstrated in your thread, once the ball is Released from F4/F6 you as BU are no longer watching R1 but getting ready for perhaps a banger at first. By the time you do look back at R1 it's too late. That's why the interference call on a FPSR situation for the Most part belongs to the PU.
As Bob pointed out, you DO NOT know if in fact R1 made contact with the fielder or not. Simply sliding past the bag isn't cause for interference unless the runner contacted the fielder or altered the play. All you saw was R1 getting up on the other side of the bag.
It's good you didn't call the FPSR from your view, otherwise you would have a heck of an argument with the irrate coach who is coming out of the dugout.
Therefore, if a journal is going to be kept it should be about mechanics as well.
Pete Booth
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Peter M. Booth
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