Calling what you see or what they see

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by danreeves1973

#1. Lt handed batter, pitch is way outside, he steps in to avoid, I track the pitch and see it BRUSH the back of his leg, pants were baggy and it definitely moved the fabric. I call dead ball, kid is saying, No I didn't get hit, coach is saying he didn't get hit. I explain what I saw, take your base. Coach is mad I just put his best hitter on base.

First things first DO NOT CALL - Dead ball The proper call is TIME

You call what you see because you are not Krescan and do not know what the ramifications are if you do not call it. In your first case you do not know that the coach is going to say he didn't get hit. Suppose you do not call it and the batter, F2 and coach KNEW the batter was hit and the say

C'mmon Blue the ball hit him. Are you going to say "yeah I know but too bad" The point is you do not KNOW so you call what you see

#2 I'm in C, playing inside the base path, ball hit hard on the ground toward me, I step to avoid and it takes a strange hop and I feel it brush my leg, it keeps going, F6 misses it behind me and it's heading merrily to the outfield. I yell dead ball, eveyone stops, I announce I was hit, award bases, etc, offense is mad because bases were loaded and it was a double at least. Between innings I ask my partner what he saw, he says he thought I dodged it and he never saw the ball veer like it had richocheted off me.

Again do not yell Dead ball. As mentioned above the call is TIME

As with number 1 you do not know the reprocussions if you do not call it. How do you know that the defense would not have turned an easy DP. In this particular case the ball went through for a hit but you do know that at the precise TIME you are hit with the ball.

Also, suppose the coach now questions you are you going to say "yeah skip the ball hit me but I chose to ignore"

On the plays mentioned you call what you see. Also, get out of the habit of calling Dead ball.

Pete Booth