Thread: check swing
View Single Post
  #20 (permalink)  
Old Sat Apr 07, 2007, 08:15am
wadeintothem wadeintothem is offline
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Sierra Nevada Mtns
Posts: 3,220
Quote:
Originally Posted by WestMichBlue
You called the pitch a ball - and it is the batter's failure to run? ? ? Are you going to tell the coach to teach his players that anytime they have two strikes and a check swing to run regardless of the PU's call? Is it the player's failure that they listened to you?

WMB
I've thought on it.. I think I must have had this happen, although I dont recall it being a big deal.

When the situation was put to print, I was able to think on it, which I have.

Its a rare time that I agree with you.

As PU - I'm just going to disallow it based on the fact the offense was disadvantaged by the initial call and we go on.

As BU, I'm going to call what I saw, so if the PU does come to me he gets what I saw.

The only time I hedge my calls on BU/PU is when I think my partner has weakly allowed the coach to get him to "go for help" on a call.. I will just back up my partners call and talk with my partner as soon as I can to let them know we don't "go for help" just because a coach is whimpering his way to a 2nd chance at a call.
__________________
ASA, NCAA, NFHS
Reply With Quote