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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
WE either have OBS or we do not. you DO NOT tell a coach "I could have called OBS on F2" because the fact is you didn't so IMO that point is moot.
In a later response you said Babe Ruth Fall ball league. I believe Babe Ruth is OBR based. If that's the case it sounds as if F2 needed to be where he was in order to field the thrown ball. That is a different definition than some other rule codes which includes NCAA / FED.
The bottom line in this OP is that a base runner establishes his baseline when the defense applys a tag on him. The runner was already PAST F2 so that point is also moot.
Sounds as though both you and your partner need to attend a good umpire clinic.
Pete Booth
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It's Fall ball, Pete. And if they run their Fall league in a similar fashion to the way we run ours here, it's an instructional league for not just players, but for newer coaches as well. It's not out of the norm to let a coach in on some of our secrets during Fall ball. Just don't give the super secret sign away.......
Tim.