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Originally Posted by youngump
To both Mike's: Am I missing something? If the DC comes out to talk to me while the runners are still off base I'm not granting time. I'm telling him to stay off the field until the play is over. Should I be?
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No, you should give him the hand... but it sounds like this was pretty much relaxed action and even though the umpires SHOULD have known there was still play going on, they did not. Once he engaged in a conversation with the coach, I think he'd defacto rung the time-out bell, so to speak.
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This question runs into an area I'm not sure how to handle. What is the correct mechanic for a runner who is called safe thinking she's out and starts running off the field. Do nothing?
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Depends... if you weren't clear (say, in retrospect, you know you rushed off to the next base after calling safe, knowing there was another play - and you might not have been clear in your call), fix it. However, in most cases, it's not our job to coach them. You said safe. She decided to walk back toward first for whatever reason. Honestly, as long as she's not doing it intentionally to make a travesty of the game (I HATE that rule), she is not (yet) illegal. Let the play play out. Wait until you have a reason to call an out before calling one.
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If she gets to first or third in the OP and then we have time, it seems pretty obvious she's staying there.
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Still, don't call time. (Unless, obviously, you have a coach wanting time and everything has finally stopped). Say she goes there (1st or 3rd --- 1st in the OP) and stops. Pitcher has the (live!) ball, and THEN a coach realizes she's screwed up and tells her to go back to 2nd... you do, then, have an LBR violation.