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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
Slide play with nothing else going on.. you got the runner down holding the base, the player holding the tag.. runner requests time - you call time.
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I have no problem calling time on this play assuming everything else has stopped.
I DO have a problem calling time on EVERY play (as some umpires I've seen do ... even at the state level --- and every time I come across a guy that does this, I expect him to brush the pitcher's plate between innings and inform the pitcher where the baserunners are after a pitching change ... and I'm rarely disappointed). I also have a problem calling time on every unnecessary runner request - such as plays where the fielder is not holding the runner down with a tag or the ball has even left the area.