throwing the ball back to the pitcher?

[BigUmp56]

While were on this topic, I'm wondering if any of you have seen an umpire and a catcher each throw a ball back to F1?

I saw this in one of my sons LL games a few years back.

F2 moved to his right to retrieve a passed ball. The ball took a hard bounce off of the backstop and rolled directly back to F2.

The PU was solo for the game, and he was concentrating on R2 advancing on the passed ball instead of watching the ball.

I'm not sure what the hell he was thinking, but he pulled a new ball out of his ball bag and threw it to F1 at the same time F2 tried to return the ball to the mound.

F1 covered his face and ducked down letting both balls by him. The new R3 sprinted home and the fun started!

F1 and F4 both picked up a ball and threw it home to retire the runner. It was hilarious watching this circus develop.

The guy did eventually do the right thing. He killed the play and returned the runner to third.


Tim.