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Originally Posted by DTQ_Blue
After the game my partner asks me about the call. I told him that I can see a runner's foot an inch off the base from 15 feet away and that it was an easy call. Partner tells me 2 interesting things, first it is a better idea not to call runners out in that situation unless everyone in the park can see that they are clearly off the base and second, always call time immediately when a play ends with the runner safe on the ground, i.e., don't allow a play to develop like the one that happened.
Personally I think this runner was just plain careless and it cost him. On the other hand had I done what my partner suggested, nobody gets PO'd.
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i havent seen this in years, but if the kid being an idiot and pops off the base while you are looking at him, i have an out. middle school is a different story, but you will probably find that most of the time at higher levels, runners are going to ask for time before even getting up. if not then, they are going to ask for it once they get up.
as for always immediately calling time, if you are going to do this, you must be careful. myself, i tend to wait until a runner asks for time unless F4 or F6 come down on top of a runner or theres a little mixup. if you are going to give time to runners immediately, make sure you know if there are other runners on base and what they are doing. if you get in the habit of just calling a guy safe then 2 seconds later calling time, you might have forgotten about the runner on 3rd who is now halfway to the plate as you are calling time. that would lead to a much bigger ****house than calling a kid out for taking his big toe off the base while dusting off.