Thrown Equipment at Ball

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

I've seen some of the older, slower, overweight umpires do this on an obvious double into the gap since the PU will take the triple into third. I guess they work it out in pre-game. I started coming in, giving a glance over my shoulder, and then take the runner into second. I have full vision of the field.

I am older, and overweight too. But I am far from slow. I'm not slow, not fast. . . more like half-assed.

I never have and never will rim the infield. I think if an umpire is that immobile, he should start thinking about hanging up his gear. I have started doing the "over-the-shoulder glance/right turn" instead of a pivot on obvious extra-base hits, but I still do the traditional pivot on routine singles. I have always as BU taken the BR all the way to third, and have yet to be late in arriving. There are ways that we big guys learn to move in order to end up in the right place at the right time.

As I said, anytime an umpire can no longer be in position it's time to quit.