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Old Thu Mar 06, 2008, 12:27pm
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Originally Posted by johnnyg08
you're not going to call anything that you can't see anyway...I understand why you'd do this while working one man...it's a bit risky, I know, but where I work, the players pretty much get the fact that when a play is over, it's over and when my back is turned to the field of play, I'm not making any calls either way...so I don't always call "time" but I can see where your plan is probably better than mine...but it seems to work for me...
By not making a call what do you mean?

Sit. 1

Your near the mound after a bases empty single. F2 has the ball. You turn to return to HP. F2 snaps a throw to F3 because R1 went brain dead and was already off the bag. You hear the roar of the crowd and realize there's something happening. You turn just in time to see the ball roll into DBT. What do you do?

1. If you say award bases, how many? your back was turned, was f2 on the rubber or not?

2. Based on where F2 was when you turned your back you decide to award 2 bases. Now defensive coach comes out and he's pi$$ed. Apparently (at least according to def. coach) R1 deliberately interfered with F2s throw and needs to be called out. Hearing this argument 3rd base coach comes running in saying there was no interference, F3 was blocking the bag without the ball, he obstructed and my guy had no place to go.


I'm not sure what the disadvantage of calling time is when you turn your back, but I know what it can be if you don't.
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