Missed base and appeal.

[LMan]

Originally Posted by Illini_Ref

If it is a "bang-bang" play and I would have called safe had he touched the base, I signal out. A clinician once told me that in this case he hasn't been interpreted to have "passed the base" so he is out immediately if the fielder has the ball and is touching the base.

Cute theory, but I'd have to see it in practice. I dont know how you'd go through all those mental gymnastics in the fractions of a second you have on a banger.

I guess I'm just a simpleton- I call the play that happened (ie, if he beat the throw, he's "SAFE!" whether he stepped on the base or not), observe he missed the bag, and await further developments.

Maybe I'm wrong.