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Originally Posted by LLPA13UmpDan
No i dont let them. I just try to keep the game fair, and play by the rules.  But I dont know how you guys stand behind the plate, but i can see the pitch and the batters feet too. |
That sounds good in theory; however, in reality that is simply not possible. The only time I find myself looking at a batters feet is between pitches when a coach has been yelling "he's out of the box".
So between pitches I look at his feet and "he's in the box".
Another reality, especially if you stil do small ball, F2 blocks the umpire most of the time so you have enough problems just finding the ball much less looking at the pitch, looking down at a batters foot and then back for a pitch.
I was PU in a HS playoff game last season when a batter was called for being out of the box, but it was the BU who made the call.
Batter was trying to protect a runner by doing a drag bunt. I couldn't even see the pitch because batter was between myself and the pitcher etc. but once he laid the bunt down, BU called him out.
Probably a very good call, but there is no way I as PU could make that judgement.
Thanks
David