What a Mess!

[Don Mueller]

Originally Posted by umpire99

Worked an earlier game last night and stuck around for the second game. Here is what I saw:

FED rules. R1 and R2 with two one out. Deep fly ball over F8's head. F8 chases down the ball and makes a diving catch. U2 is standing right in front of second base (didn't go out on the play).

Nor should he have. You never 'go out' when in B or C.

[Blue37]

Originally Posted by Don Mueller

Nor should he have. You never 'go out' when in B or C.

No matter the number of umpires? What about three man?

[LMan]

Originally Posted by Blue37

No matter the number of umpires? What about three man?

The OP says nothing about a U3, so we assume it was two-man. Don's point is valid.

[tibear]

Originally Posted by LMan

The OP says nothing about a U3, so we assume it was two-man. Don's point is valid.

OP quotes U1 & U2. So along with the PU there was obviously a 3 man crew.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tibear

OP quotes U1 & U2. So along with the PU there was obviously a 3 man crew.

Not necessarily. FED calls the two umpires U1 (PU or UIC) and U2 (BU).

Even in FED 3-man, you don't go out from the middle. You can go out on trouble in NCAA 3-man.

[umpire99]

I agree that he should not have gone out, but he should have at least made a signal. U2 later said, "If this was a big game, I would have gone out on that ball."

This was a big game to all the participants with the exception of U2.