JV HS game I have the plate. Runners on 1st & 2nd (doesn’t matter for this situation).
Foul tip, I signal foul tip/strike as the runners advance one base. F2 is just standing there holding the ball watching the action. Suddenly my partner throws up his arms and yells “foul ball” and tells the runner to go back to their bases. I see the offensive coach turn red, then purple and head for me. I quickly indicate to my partner that we need to talk. The coach sees this and stops his charge. I ask my partner “What are you doing?” He tells me that F2 dropped the ball. I said “NO, he caught it cleanly and just stood up holding the ball.” My partner said “From the way he was acting I thought that he dropped the ball.” I said “Did you see the ball on the ground?” He said “No, I guess I blew it.” I didn’t say anything else to him, I had some additional things to say but………
So I put the runners back on the bases that they had reached before my partner called ‘Foul Ball’. Here comes the defensive coach. “He called “Foul Ball, how can you give them a base on a foul call?” Thanks partner.
In between innings the defensive coach says “My catcher said it was a foul ball.” I said “Did your catcher tell you that it went directly into his glove and he caught it?” His reply “I saw that.” I said “Then coach it’s a foul tip and runners can advance at their own risk.” He didn’t know that……and he’s coaching HS JV.
The Gods of Baseball must have been angry at me
