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I once served on a three-umpire team whose job was to cover one field throughout a SP softball tournament. Teams from all over the northeast. It was autumn, and the fences had been taken down and replaced by a chalk line 300 feet from the plate, so we rotated from plate to bases to "fence." The fence ump's job was to sit in a lawn chair outside the center field chalk line, and on long drives get up and check out whether the fielder stepped over the line, whether the ball traveled over the line, whether the ball hit the fielder's glove and then went over the line, and so on.
So there actually are games you umpire from a lawn chair.
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"Garth, at one time this was incorrectly ruled a balk by an umpring crew, only to be later corrected by their supervisor." There has never been a rule that penalized this action as a balk, just a terrible decision similar to the one being suggested in this thread.
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and I think it is a balk too The rule says it's a balk.... we can't just act like gods out there we have to follow the rules! Even if we don't agree with them... that's just the way it is!!!!!!
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Apparently you don't. The rule does NOT say it is a balk. The rule penalizes only paragraph (a) with a balk. Paragraphs (b) and (c) are NOT penalized with a balk. RIF
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4.03 When the ball is put in play at the start of, or during a game, all fielders other than the catcher shall be on fair territory.
(a)The catcher shall station himself directly back of the plate. He may leave his position at any time to catch a pitch or make a play except that when the batter is being given an intentional base on balls, the catcher must stand with both feet within the lines of the catcher’s box until the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand. PENALTY: Balk I read this as a Balk is the penalty!!!!! for all of 4.03 that is what I will call in my games!!! If it's not a balk then what is it? what is going to make them stop breaking the rule every rule has a consequence it has to or else it is a moot rule!!!!
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Well a blak is better then getting an ejection? Wow I like the balk better that could cost them a run if they don't stop breaking the rules!
Throw them out that is a bit harsh dont you think?
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Ya but what if he keeps forgetting like at first base? When he holds a runner on. I mean that is a balk if the pitcher throws over to first and he is in foul ground right?
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After reading his recent flurry of posts in a number of threads, I think it's become evident that we've been had. "O ya I see" is a troll.
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he has a certian great white north air about his posts.......
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