Awarding time

[3appleshigh]

In OBR on the play you described it is Umpire interference. There is a rule, it is discussed.

Batted ball before infielder is UI - penalty has been explained twice now.
Thrown ball, or batted ball past infielder it is a bruise, to body and ego for the umpire, that is all, Oops, play on. The umpire becomes a fixture of the game, the ball hit a fence, that is all.

Please start to read the posts you write and those that are sent back to you. You are obviously a newer umpire who wants to learn, I commend that, but the key to learning is to listen to others.

There are many many here that know a great deal, way more than me and if you start to ignore what people are saying these helpful individuals will never help you. And worse yet may never help me because they will stop comming here. So please, take my advise to heart, I have read this site almost daily through the spring and summer for almost 3 years, look the number of messages I have typed, Read and learn for awhile. You don't have near enough experience to write responses, or argue with guys here. Ask all the questions you want, but seriously, stop arguing with the answers you get.