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[orioles35]

Be sure to go over who has the call at what base on an appeal play. There's nothing worse than a team appealing a runner leaving early, then having both umpires look at each other, waiting for the other one to make a call.

[fwump]

When in positions B and C: On a ground ball to the infield move forward into the "working area" directly behind the pitchers mound and from there turn and keep your chest to the ball. This keeps you out of the throwing lanes and gives you good angles to plays at 1B and 3B. Always let the throw take you to the play.


Mike

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by orioles35

Be sure to go over who has the call at what base on an appeal play. There's nothing worse than a team appealing a runner leaving early, then having both umpires look at each other, waiting for the other one to make a call.

Must be PU's call on all bases ... Steve told poor Dan to just look at the ball, all the time.

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Must be PU's call on all bases ... Steve told poor Dan to just look at the ball, all the time.

What Steve told him to do was to look at the ball and glance at the runners as they touch. Isn't that what you do, Mike?



Tim.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

What Steve told him to do was to look at the ball and glance at the runners as they touch. Isn't that what you do, Mike?

Tim.

Just trying to be funny. I suppose I failed.

(And if I'm taking Steve literally, I think I would say I don't focus SOLELY on the ball, but try to keep the ball at or near the center of my vision and see as much as possible. You will not see OBS if you're just looking at the ball without making the effort to keep runners inside your peripheral vision ... but that is NOT what I meant by my post. I was just diggin a bit - sorry if the joke fell flat).

[SanDiegoSteve]

Mike, I was just trying to get the kid through his first 90ft. game without getting himself crucified. I didn't mean it to be an actual clinic with great detail. It was raw and basic. I probably should have used different phrasing, but I didn't want to spend too much time on it.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Mike, I was just trying to get the kid through his first 90ft. game without getting himself crucified. I didn't mean it to be an actual clinic with great detail. It was raw and basic. I probably should have used different phrasing, but I didn't want to spend too much time on it.

Fair enough. No harm.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Must be PU's call on all bases ... Steve told poor Dan to just look at the ball, all the time.

No, really what I said was that he should watch the ball, glance at the runner touching bases, then back to the ball on base hits to the outfield. I didn't tell him to "just look at the ball all the time."

I also told him that it is far more important to know where the ball is than whether or not a runner touched a base. That is directly from the General Instructions To Umpires page of the OBR rule book.