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Originally Posted by ronald
fed sistrict finals playoff game.
r1 on 3rd and r2 on 2nd. batter hits slow roller to 1b who fields it and move to tag batter runner moving to 1st. BR stops and starts back.
home plate ump signals runs scores. the bad part of all this is the pu teaches this scenario in clinics.
What would you do if you were the 3U and saw the retreat and no one came up with dead ball,....?
The run scoring tied the game. there were 3 umps on third base side and fans and an 18U coach wondering wtf. It was not a good night for our association.
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Blown call? Hell, yeah. But, if the defense isn't smart enough to question it, no way am I making that call after the fact, or suggesting to my PU that the run doesn't score until and unless asked. The remedy is in the hands of the defense; challenge the ruling and force the crew together, or else protest if plate umpire won't even ask the crew.
Or, not until our postgame, if we never get together.