Never saw this before, What would you do.

NothernVA_Ump · #1 (**permalink**) Mon May 15, 2006, 02:35pm

Little Leauge Game Situtation:

Runners on 1st and 2nd, count is 1-1 on the batter with 1 out. Batter squares to bunt. Batter presents at the pitch, does not touch the ball; ball hits the front part of the plate and bounces behind the backstop.

What I called:

Strike two.

What should I have called besides the strike?

Rich Ives · #2 (**permalink**) Mon May 15, 2006, 02:38pm

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Originally Posted by NothernVA_Ump

Little Leauge Game Situtation:

Runners on 1st and 2nd, count is 1-1 on the batter with 1 out. Batter squares to bunt. Batter presents at the pitch, does not touch the ball; ball hits the front part of the plate and bounces behind the backstop.

What I called:

Strike two.

What should I have called besides the strike?

If you mean the ball went out of play the runners each get one base.

What do you mean "Batter presents at the pitch"?

mcrowder · #3 (**permalink**) Mon May 15, 2006, 02:39pm

A ball?

Seriously - you need to tell us what you mean by "Batter presents at the pitch." Did batter move the bat toward the ball and just miss (badly!)? If so, strike. If the batter just stood there, then this is just a ball.

Is there something else to this question? (I only asked because you gave us runners, a count, and number of outs ... so maybe you thought there was something else going here other than the decision to rule on ball vs strike. If you did, I'm missing it.)

LakeErieUmp · #4 (**permalink**) Mon May 15, 2006, 02:40pm

Other than a good optometrist for the batter there's nothing else to call.
If he offered he offered.

UmpJM · #5 (**permalink**) Mon May 15, 2006, 02:46pm

NorthernVA_Ump,

You called this pitch a STRIKE??? So, in your judgement, the batter made an attempt to hit it with his bat as the pitch approached the plate, right?

"Bounces behind the backstop" sound to me like the ball went out of play into Dead Ball Territory. If so, each of the runners is awarded one base beyond his TOP base.

JM

mcrowder · #6 (**permalink**) Mon May 15, 2006, 02:48pm

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Originally Posted by CoachJM

"Bounces behind the backstop" sound to me like the ball went out of play into Dead Ball Territory. If so, each of the runners is awarded one base beyond his TOP base.JM

AH! That's what I missed. Must. Have. More. Coffee.

So you should (likely) have had a 2-1 count with R3 and R2.

SanDiegoSteve · #7 (**permalink**) Mon May 15, 2006, 02:56pm

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Originally Posted by mcrowder

AH! That's what I missed. Must. Have. More. Coffee.

So you should (likely) have had a 2-1 count with R3 and R2.

No mcrowder, remember, the batter "presented" at the pitch, so the count would now be 1-2. Get your head in the game, Blue!!!