Had this incident occur during the first round of bracket
play in an NFHS tournament. Game is in ITB, R1 now on 3B,
after successful bunt by B2 whom reached 1B safetly on F1's
bad throw. R1 on 3B, R2 on 1B.
Coach yells from the bench to walk B3, which is done.
BR going to 1B, other runners are moving off their
respective bases. As PU, I am watching BR heading toward
1B, glance towards 3rd see runner moving towards HP. All
of a sudden I see defensive coach coming from her dugout
onto the field of play. R1 just under half way from HP. At
this point BU has seen defensive coach and "calls time."
Now offensive coach comes over from 3rd base coaching
box and wants to know "why time was called". Parnter
and I have meet. Must be stated at this point, this is
first year umpire.
My decision was allow R1 to score, R2 to 3rd and BR 1B
[which is all she would have gotten]. Ejected coach.
Should/could this have been handled any differently?
BTW I posted this on another board also since some don't go to both boards.
glen
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