Stealing Home

[jim1976]

Thanks for all the feedback. It's just a game (at least thats what I keep trying to tell myself). So I am not all that upset by it.

If someone had said for sure that the batter was in the wrong I'd have brought it to the attention of the ump next time I saw him just to make him aware of his mistake. Especially since this game is being continued due to a rain delay.

The runner did seem to be trying to hide behind the batter as he came to home. But the point about whether or not the batter tried to obstruct is a good one. He seemed to freeze.

And these are just 13 and 14 year old kids too. And that might be why this seemed a little irritating to me. My son was pitching, so I have some personal interest in this. And our team is one of the two worst in this 8 team rec league. The team that stole home on us is undefeated and was well ahead at the time. So it seemed like piling on, since they were ahead by 8 or 9 runs at the time.