Did he go?

[David B]

Just happened to be watching SF and AZ when I got home.

Interesting call by U1.

First he missed blatantly the call at first and calls a runner safe who was out by a step.

The runner then, thinking he is out, jumps in the air and ends up on the field of play. (seems he was mad since he thought they had turned the DP on the play)

The defense then tags the runner and U1 calls him out.

For once the announcers (didn't have time to catch their names) were right on with the analysis of the play.

Replays showed the runner simply turned and headed towards his dugout which happened to be the 3rd base dugout.

Oops - what made it worse is that i watched the umpire on the replay and he never looked at the runner until the players started pointing and running to get him out.

So he never saw what the runner did. IMO he saw the players yell, (I know they were thinking of the myth that he turned left so he could be tagged) and seeing the runner in fair territory called him out.

Oh well, we all miss them, but ought to be interesting to hear him do some 'splaining on this call.

If you get a chance try and catch it, a good example by a MLB umpire of what NOT to do.

Thanks
David

[ChapJim]

Originally posted by David B
The runner then, thinking he is out, jumps in the air and ends up on the field of play. (seems he was mad since he thought they had turned the DP on the play)

The runner was mad because he discovered he wasn't out?

[Dave Hensley]

Why is the topic entitled "Did he go?"

[mcrowder]

No, moron. He was upset because he thought he was out.

U1 screwed the pooch on this one more than once.

[LDUB]

Originally posted by Dave Hensley
Why is the topic entitled "Did he go?"

The correct titile would have been "Did he attempt to advance?"

[Tim C]

At first I found it amazing that anyone would criticize the freakin' TITLE of a post . . .

Cripes, I mean if we're going to do that let's tell everyone to put the entire post in the title.

But after review I recognize that there is very little happening in umpire circles and we just need to keep our "corrective behavior" up-to-date.

Let's turn that energy to getting Little League and Softball posters to identify in the title that it isn't a baseball thread.

[Dave Hensley]

Originally posted by Tim C
At first I found it amazing that anyone would criticize the freakin' TITLE of a post . . .

What makes you think I was criticizing the title? I was simply asking why he chose that title. I thought maybe there was a joke in there somewhere that I wasn't getting.

I was just curious, not trying to bust anyone's balls.

[bluezebra]

Originally posted by Dave Hensley

What makes you think I was criticizing the title? I was simply asking why he chose that title. I thought maybe there was a joke in there somewhere that I wasn't getting.

I was just curious, not trying to bust anyone's balls.

I'm with you, Dave. By the title, I thought it was about, "Did he swing"?

Bob

[Tim C]

Who cares?

Who freakin' cares?

Who cares, would you guys not have read the thread if it said something else?

Or did you read it only expecting to increase your checked/unchecked swing knowledge?

Cripes, I'm out.

[Edited by Tim C on Jun 30th, 2005 at 01:36 PM]

[Striker991]

"Cripes, I'm out."

Don't let the door hit you in the @ss.

Little League IS a brand of baseball.

[gobama84]

Originally posted by Striker991
"Cripes, I'm out."

Don't let the door hit you in the @ss.

Little League IS a brand of baseball.

So are Wilson, Spalding and others, but we don't want to talk about them either.

[w_sohl]

While I understand everyones desire to avoid Little League baseball, if I have read the title of this forum correctly it is Officiating.com. We can all agree on this right? And this is the Baseball area, we can again agree on this. Next, this is a forum for officials to congregate and I think we can all agree on that. Next, can we all agree that even though it is little league they still use officials? And finally, can we all agree that even though it is little league they are playing some form of baseball?

If we can all agree on those points then I think it is quite appropriate for little league umpires to post in a baseball officiating forum.

Don't get me wrong, I could never have the patience to umpire little league and we do see some REALLY stupid questions come through, but I think that all in all we were all there at one point in our career.

In the future everyone should title their posts as such:

for Little League
"LL: subject"

for High School
"NFHS: subject"

for College
"NCAA: subject" (or appropriate collegiate division)

for Pro Rules
"OBR: subject"

for Wiffle Ball
"get the f*ck out of here" or
"Don't read this garbage"

[Tim C]

"Little League IS a brand of baseball."

At best it is a form of baby sitting.

Boy, is this fun.

And the closer we get to Williamsport the more fun it will become.

991 take your meds and chill, baby!

[mcrowder]

Um.... wasn't this thread originally about MLB?

[drumbum565]

The guy has a point that just proves that sometimes a topic has to just fall in to the long line of abandoned topics that came before them. In other words this topic has gone to crap. (DIE TOPIC, DIE)