What to do?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tibear

I know generally speaking you wait to hear exactly what the coach is appealing but in this situation I felt that the best thing to do was completely explain my responsibilities on the play and it worked perfectly because all he said was "Sounds good to me." and went back to the bench.

I don't have any problem with what you said, but I think it's still best to wait until the coach speaks.

Case in point. I had a game in which R3 non-maliciouolsy ran into F2 waiting to make a play at the plate. FED rules, so I had interference and an out, but no ejection. After discussing the play with both coaches, and telling both assistants to STFU (nicely), the game went on.

Next day, I had one of the teams again, and I called a balk on the pitcher. The head coach comes out and as he does, I mentally rehearse what I want to say about the balk. The coach gets close and says, "I just want you to know that you made a great call yesterday on that collision and handled the situation well." Then he turned and walked away.