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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
The aforementioned IMO is simple. Since this is a Tournament, simply ask the TD what is accepted parctice and then enforce.
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From what is written, it appeared that the coaches were under the impression that the accepted practice of this tournament was that bucket sitting in live-ball territory was permissible. The umpire seemed to be the only one there who didn't like it. There are many teams from my area that attend this tournament, and trust me, they are used to bucket sitting as an accepted practice, no questions asked.
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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
The aforementioned does not make any sense to me. I do not consider waiting one second to call the pitch to be a DELAY tactic on the part of the PU. That's what we are supposed to do. During training we are instructed not to call the pitch too quickly. Waiting a second or 2 or what's more commonly referred to in the umpire profession "a beat or 2" is perfectly acceptable.
Therefore, how is the batter "leaving promptly for first base" if he doesn't give the PU a second or 2 to call the pitch to begin with. To me "that is showing up the umpire".
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I wonder if this will lead into another long-winded discussion on what is or is not proper timing, and what constitutes "fake" timing.
But the bottom line is that if the batter leaves before the umpire calls the pitch, he is showing up the umpire. In this case, however, the umpires poor mechanics may have contributed to the confusion as to what the calls were, since he didn't verbalize "Ball" calls.