Bounce and tip(?)

[tjones1]

Originally posted by fwump
TJ,
From your info I assume you called ball and R1 advanced on WP. If that's what you saw than stick with your call and tell F2 to cool it.

If the pitch did indeed bounce and hit the bat then you have a foul ball. But no matter, that's not what you saw...correct?

Mike

Correct. I called it a ball and the coach came out to question it and asked if I would get some help from my partner. So I called time and went and asked him. He said he didn't hear anything. So it stood, ball and the runner advanced. I very well could have missed the tip, I'm not saying I didn't. But what I had was there was no tip. Whenever the coach was talking to me about it, he asked if I automatically call a pitch in the dirt a "dead ball". That's why I asked about the call ["Runner on 1st. Pitch bounces in the dirt (in front of the plate) and somehow bounces over and hits the bat and goes back to the screen. Call?]. Didn't know exactly know what he was trying to get at -- or if there was a rule I didn't know about. I told F2: "It is highly recommended that you don't ever speak with that tone to me or any other official ever again." Thanks for the quick replies.