[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by Gulf Coast Blue
This was recently discussed.........I am not sure if it was here or another board........

Last night.........

Me PU........bases juiced.........partner in "C".....

Screaming worm-burner right on the 3rd Base Line..........It nicks the foul side of the base and takes an extreme kick towards foul territory and finally lands about 10 foul..........it rolled almost to the outfield fence.......

As soon as I saw it nick the base.........I pointed fair......and saw my partner parrot my fair call........

The catcher started hollering........"Foul Ball"........and the Home fans were all hollering the same...........

Fielders.........runners......all slow down...........

I am doing everything but jumping up and down pointing fair.........(but I am.........still continuing to point aggressively).......

The runner on 3rd makes it almost home and turns and looks at me.........and questions (with a very dumbfounded look on her face).........."That was a foul ball.........right?"

I point fair even more vigorously..............the 3rd base coach finally gets the message and tells his runners to run..........

They could have easily scored 3 if they would have not had their head up their butts...........but only 2 runs crossed the plate..........

Also.........had a situation where only 2 players made it to the plate which resulted in 3 outs...........

#8 and #9 switched positions and both struck out.........next batter up and coach appeals a BOO.........yup coach, your right..........proper batter is out........(which by this point should have been the #1 batter) strike out stands...........3 outs.............grin

Never had that happen before.............

BTW...........this was a 16U game.........

BUT...........not a peep out of the coaches........they knew when they blew it.............grin

Joel

The catcher started yelling foul ball after you signaled a fair ball. The catcher's actions caused the runners to slow down and in your opinion more runners could have scored. Sounds like the catcher committed obstruction. I do not profess to be a real rules guru and would entertain any comments.