Out or safe? Video Play

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by bellsjc

NEVER call a strike or an out with your left hand.

Unless you don't have a right hand.

[johnnyg08]

then you wouldn't be signaling anything with your left hand because you don't have one...is shooting a person that's already dead qualify as killing a person...nope...therefore, how could you signal with a hand that you didn't have. sorry...typically i'm not the splitting hairs type on this board...sorry Rich...I'm done. I know what point you're making...just felt like being difficult for one post today...

[johnnyg08]

on a throw from left field you could potentially be on 3rd base line extended...the book will tell you to start from the apex of the plate and work FBE or TBE (1st base extended/3rd base extended) depending upon where the throw is coming from. that being said, you made it sound a lot worse in your post than it really was...also..it didn't appear that you were wearing a belt and if you were, was it black? your position in the slot looked pretty good...your head height looked pretty good too...don't beat yourself up to bad...you did what you had to do to help your partner...just try to get better each game which is what we're all trying to do...read the rules, learn the rules, ask questions, be open to suggestions, and be willing to learn which it appears you're doing by coming on here in the first place. keep working hard.

[SouthGARef]

Yea, the belt I had on was brown. I had forgotten my black belt that day. Oops. Also realize I had the bag on too far forward.

I see the deal with the left hand. Our assigner has told us a good signal to use on a dropped third strike is to point at the batter instead of just an "out" signal. And since the batter was to my left, I used my left hand. However, on this play and on a lot of caught third strikes where I would have called the pitch a ball, I've been pointing even though the ball was caught. It's definitely something I need to correct, a bad mechanic that comes with inexperience. Hopefully I can correct it before it becomes a habit.

I'm not beating myself up, I just wanted to see where you guys thought the ideal position would be for this particular play.

Thanks for the input.

Todd

Todd, along with the head movement, the left hand signal, it looks like you might be working a little too far back, and too high! In addition, it appears that you body is not squared up to the pitcher. You looked like you were slightly shifted to look into the zone.

I would suggest working a little closer to the catcher, spreading your feet out much farther, and getting squared up to the pitcher!

Tell your partner that he is not a bird, and that safe calls should be done at shoulder height, not above his head!

[LMan]

Originally Posted by rei

Tell your partner that he is not a bird, and that safe calls should be done at shoulder height, not above his head!

My thought exactly. For a moment I thought he was calling 'time'

[RPatrino]

Your partner pulled a calf muscle and couldn't cover third from C?

I didn't find you that you were too far from the play at the plate, and all the other eagle eye's caught the other upgrades.

Don't anticipate needing to cover third unless the ball and runner are there at the same time. What is the definition of a play????