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Originally Posted by steveshane67
You guys are all missing the point of the post.
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No one missed the point, just responded based upon what was offered. If we could read minds, we wouldn't be doing this.
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the home plate ump initially thought the batter had stepped out of the batters box (ie since there was no painted lines, thought he was too far towards the pitcher when he hit the ball).
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Yeah, we all got that.
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the runners both ran on contact, the batter probably jogged to 1B, by the time everyone realized what had happened, the runners had both proceeding 1 base and probably made a turn, and the OF just picked up the ball and was about to throw it to the infield.
now the action is over, since its just slow pitch,
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helluva stupid comment
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the umpire rethought his initial out of box call and ruled the hit was legal, and awarded bases based on what was "fair" not necessarily what is written in the rules, most slow pitch umps dont even know there is a rule book let alone can cite rule 5 section 6 subletter E part ii (just saying the softball rulebook is overly complex).
since this is a slow pitch game (probably a rec league), and most slow pitch leagues dont paint the batters boxes for whatever reason, the ump just did what he thought was right to correct his mistake. its not like the OF let a flyball drop or anything like that, so its really no big deal. if anything, he should have just awarded the batter 1st and only move the runners up 1 base.
the previous responses to the thread are unnecessarily condescending and the posters need to back off their "rulebook knowledge" pedestals, its slow pitch softball, ppl [most] play just to have fun.
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Boy, you are just full of it. Or maybe you are just doing your best to demonstrate your ignorance of the game and it's umpires.
A rec league in a prison, imagine that. I doubt it was a tournament team. (now, that is a condescending response).
None of what you just commented was in the OP or subsequent posts. Until the last paragraph, there were no condescending comments, just accurate reiterated comments concerning the BB. The rest of the OP was relative jibberish for which clarification was requested.
If your interpretation of the scenario is accurate, the umpire screwed things up, big time and I don't care if he is in a prison. Since you don't make that call on a guess or supposition, the call should stand. Since this is a dead ball, as previously posted, no other action can take place.
And if you want "fair", go find a carnival.