You could see it coming.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by tibear

Could have avoided the whole arguement if it was mentioned at the plate conference.

We have some diamonds where the bases are simply nailed into the ground and first and third "float" around. In those situations, I always tell the coaches that we're playing the foul lines but also playing the bases wherever they are. This avoids the situation where the base is sitting a couple of inches in foul territory and the ball hits the base in foul territory. (They already know it is a fair ball, play on)

As the thread title states, "You could see it coming", if that is the case then tell the coaches at the start of the game to avoid this situation.

First, this was covered at the plate conference. We explained that the foul lines had priority over the foul pole. The title I chose referred only to "if it can happen, it will happen."

Unfortunately, the fans were not aware of the situation until the fly ball to RF. And, while, there are many calls the leave half the fans unhappy, in this particular case nearly all the fans thought the umpires made a mistake, but half were happy that they did.