Make the call

[jkumpire]

This is a true story from about a month ago.

HS Varsity game, R2 is trying to steal 3B. BR takes piche right down the middle, thigh high.

F2 comes up throwing, hits BR in the helmet and then the ball hits the bat and rolls down the line in foul ground. BR is doing nothing but standng there in the batters box.

F2 says, "What's going on, that's a dead ball" as he watches R2 score.

"No it isn't, he didn't interfere with you, you hit him with the throw."

"Yes it's a dead ball, I've had four other umpires call that play the same way Blue."

I then call time after R2 scores, brush off the plate, and look up at F2 and say, "I'm sorry son, what can I tell you? Your umpire friends have been wrong four times, and you got lucky. But that ain't today. Life's tough some days, isn't it?"