Coach requests help mechanic

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Rich

Why do you have no clue? You started in C, you should've had plenty of time on a ball to deep short to get an angle on the foot.

Some umpires worry so much about how to get help, they don't even talk about working hard so you don't need to.

Yup. On this one, you know the ball is going to first. There's no reason you can't bust across to get to where you need to be.

[dcvh]

I came to this site because I thought I might be able to have some intelligent conversation on the problems with the coach's request for help mechanic. Instead, I get mostly inane blather. I'm done with this site.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by dcvh

I came to this site because I thought I might be able to have some intelligent conversation on the problems with the coach's request for help mechanic. Instead, I get mostly inane blather. I'm done with this site.

Umm...you got exactly what you asked for, but feel free not to develop yourself further.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by dcvh

I came to this site because I thought I might be able to have some intelligent conversation on the problems with the coach's request for help mechanic. Instead, I get mostly inane blather. I'm done with this site.

Inane blather?

You had one play to deal with and you likely stood in place after the ball was hit and didn't work to get in position. So now you want to learn how to get your partner to bail you out.

There's no mechanic. You make the call, you call time, you bring your partner into your mess. HTH.

[john5396]

Bob gave you the answer as far as ruling change and rectifying the situation on post #2.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by dcvh

I came to this site because I thought I might be able to have some intelligent conversation on the problems with the coach's request for help mechanic. Instead, I get mostly inane blather. I'm done with this site.

You got the rule in post #2.

You got a couple of different mechanics (call first, then ask; or ask first and then call) in other posts. You won't find one answer for this -- the general assumption is that it won't be needed vary often.

And, you got some advice on minimizing the need for the mechanic above. Heck, I've made calls in this situation from nearly the first base line (well, 1/2 way between the mound and the line) and from the dirt outside the 1b-2b baseline. All going where I needed to go to get out of the way of the throw and to get an angle on the pulled foot.

So, I'd say you got more than you asked for.

I think the phrase you should be looking for is, "Thank you."