Bob Jenkins at the Plate

[Tim C]

"Tee, isn't one of the ADVANTAGES of the 3 man is being able to have someone go out on every fly ball? What was the evaluator talking about on this one?"

Oregon uses "Modified Oregon Mechanics" (3 man for this game).

"Modified Oregon Mechanics" closely follow those mechanics as prescribed by the CCA manual.

The CCA manual has notes that precludes umpires "going out on every fly ball" by stating that a read should be done first. The PBUC manual encourages an umpire to be out on all fly balls -- "Modified Oregon" wants a read done.

All that being said the ball was not a fly ball but a hard ground ball. Since there was no "catch/no catch" or "converging fielders" the evaluator saw no reason to go out. Once I explained "why" I went out he was totally in agreement.

As I noted earlier I do wish I had given a "safe" signal after the ball bounced away from the wall.

Regards,