Asking for help???

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by bisonpitcher

Where would you have positioned yourself for the throw? I would like to know if I am positioning myself incorrectly in this instance. I have worked HS ball for years and this is the first time I can remember getting blocked in this way. I have always been taught to watch the ball release by the infielder and pick up the first baseman, and set if he appears to have a routine play at first. He was set normally and at the last instant lunged forward and to his left, directly at me. It was so late that if I would have moved to my left to get a better view, that I would have been moving at the time of the catch. Granted the appeal could have been handled better, but I would like to know if there is a better place for me to go here than toward the 45 foot line. And for the call, I could see no seperation from the bag, so I wasnt going to call what i could not see.

Bison,

What Garth is trying to tell you is what we preach here ad nausium - One Play, One Call! Get all your facts before you make the call, not after. If you saw F3 on the bag and you called it, tell the coach "Coach, if I needed help to make the call, I would have gotten the help before I called it!" and leave it at that. You were fine until you decided to entertain the coach's request especially after you came from "C" to "A". Let this be a lesson, One Play with Two Calls never does anyone any good. Get you facts, make One Call and be done with it.

Regards

[RPatrino]

Bison, your adjustment from C in this case would be to move a bit more toward the 45 and baseline to remove the 'straightline'. It's a quick momentary thing.