partner????? i guess not...

[SanDiegoSteve]

Garth, my point is that if it is a shared call, how do you determine which umpire is going to make it? I think that is why so many associations teach it for the PU to take the call if there is a throw to first on the play.

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Garth, my point is that if it is a shared call, how do you determine which umpire is going to make it? I think that is why so many associations teach it for the PU to take the call if there is a throw to first on the play.

It's not like a safe/out simultaneous call that could cause mass confusion. The guy not seeing the INT isn't going to be making any sort of gesture, verbal or otherwise. I hope, anyways. If it's blatant enough that the BU can see it and his partner's picking daisies at the dish, then the BU should make that call. But a lot of the time, BU has already pivoted towards the play at 1st.

[Jim Porter]

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

But a lot of the time, BU has already pivoted towards the play at 1st.

You guys keep saying this, and for the life of me I can't figure out how. BU should be pivoting with the throw. The throw should already have been made. The interference should either have happened or not have happened by the pivot. How can a runner interfere with a throw after it has already been made?

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by Jim Porter

You guys keep saying this, and for the life of me I can't figure out how. BU should be pivoting with the throw. The throw should already have been made. The interference should either have happened or not have happened by the pivot. How can a runner interfere with a throw after it has already been made?

The way I figure it, your eyes are on the ball up high, and the runner on the ground may be out of your field of vision at the time. If you're focusing on the ball, how do you know what the guy on the ground is doing? I'm not saying you can't see INT from your spot, just trying to give a reasonable explanation.

[Jim Porter]

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

The way I figure it, your eyes are on the ball up high, and the runner on the ground may be out of your field of vision at the time. If you're focusing on the ball, how do you know what the guy on the ground is doing? I'm not saying you can't see INT from your spot, just trying to give a reasonable explanation.

Well, I appreciate the reasonable explanation. Of course, for that matter if you're looking up high at the ball, how can you watch for the tag/touch of 2nd base? I'm just being facetious now.

Just because it doesn't make sense to me doesn't mean I'm not willing to do it. But I doubt any explanation could satisfy me. I think this should be BU's call all the way. But who am I? Just some rusty schmuck umpire on an Internet forum.

[LMan]

Originally Posted by Jim Porter

How can a runner interfere with a throw after it has already been made?

In FED, a pop-up slide that contacts the fielder is INT, even if the ball has already been thrown.

[Jim Porter]

Originally Posted by LMan

In FED, a pop-up slide that contacts the fielder is INT, even if the ball has already been thrown.

Never worked FED. Worked for 24 years in an OBR state. OBR for high school, Legion, MSBL, and independent/amateur leagues. But now I have to learn FED since I've moved, so this thread is good for me.

[umpduck11]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Garth, my point is that if it is a shared call, how do you determine which umpire is going to make it? I think that is why so many associations teach it for the PU to take the call if there is a throw to first on the play.

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