[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by MAC

Originally posted by PeteBooth
Originally posted by Lilblue612


PETER , Did you look at umpire.org thread, and how do you
feel you did not put the defensive team at an extreme disadvantage by them having to get four out's in this inning
the batter/ runner is never going to beat the throw ,
I am looking to see your thought's on this matter

Well to answer you that is the uknown question. When the offensive player reacted to the call of FOUL you don't change to fair. We don't know what would have happened if B1 kept running. There could have been an overthrow etc.

The point is we don't know. All we know is at the time the ball was called FOUL, one player reacted.

The bottom line here is: 99.9% of the time when the umpire signals and says FOUL It is FOUL That's why we are trained to slow down our timing and not make calls too quickly, but it does happen. As my mentor once told me, when one umpire yells FOUL, we all YELL Foul.

Pete Booth