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Am relatively new to the umping gig, this being my first full year, as doing this "seriously". Anyways, I never knew that about the batter who has walked. So, if a batter gets walked, and as hes trotting to first, if he goes a step or two BEYOND the bag (straight up the line) he's out if tagged? And if so, how do I explain it to the coach, what verbage do I use?
Annnnnnd, as far as the tie to runner thing. Again, not having been doing this a long time, this is a novice point of view. To me, if a tie, it would go to runner, Heres my thinking: To record an out at first, the ball needs to BEAT him to the bag right? The ball beats him, therefore hes out. Sooooooooooo, if the ball hits the glove at the same exact time (theoretically), as the runners foot hits the bag, well, the ball DIDNT beat him, so he's safe. I guess you could argue it the other way around , saying the runner didnt beat the ball. To me, it makes much more sense to argue saying the ball didnt beat the runner. Plus if you called him out, youd be negating the effort by the runner to beat theplay, which he did (if your going by the ball didnt beat him theory). Conversly, your rewarding the defense with an out, when, in reality the ball didnt beat him for the out.
And as far as # 2 and 3, which is it?
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