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I've said it for the past 2 years and I will say it again. Today's umpires are going BS over calling abandonment for some reason! I am beginning to think that making this call makes them feel like they are real umpires..... or maybe it's just an orgasm! :eek:
I've been officiating for almost 30 years and I have never made this call or heard a partner make it. Yet since around 2006, we have been getting post after post about this call. Has something changed or are we being over-run by Smitties? |
IT was F! that 'trapped' the ball. Why he went after it and did not let F3 have it I don't know. At the last High School clinic I attended it was recommended that we make such calls. In 47 years of umpiring I have maybe called it 2 or 3 times and it has always been for young players. One of the regional clinics I went to they wanted us to be more vocal in our calls. I normally don't say much but am trying to accommodate the leagues requests.
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Just thinking out loud here.
In you original post you were doing a summer U12 game (last year)and made this call. Now when questioned about why the heck you would even go there, (especially with 47 yrs experience), you tell us that your HS association asked that these calls be made???????????? Am I missing something here.???????????????? |
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Steve,
Maybe you are using the word "trap" differently than I would. If the fielder does not have secure possession of the ball in his hand or glove at the time of the tag, it's not a legal tag. If he is using some other body part (e.g., his chest) to maintain possession of the ball, and would lose possession without it, he has not met the criteria for a tag (or a catch, for that matter). JM |
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Double dribble signal: plams down. Bobbled ball signal: palms up. |
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Unless the fielder "double dribbles" the "bobbled ball" then its one palm up and one palm down.
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Great Rookie Umpire Info Here
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Safe or out? "If he comes up with the ball in his hand or glove, it's an out. If the ball gets left on the ground, it's not an out." This play happens quite frequently during the season. |
No, I disagree
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A TAG is the action of a fielder in touching a base with his body while holding the ball securely and firmly in his hand or glove; or touching a runner with the ball, or with hishand or glove holding the ball, while holding the ball securely and firmly in his hand or glove. So if a guy has a ball "trapped," which is what you described, against his body with his hand or glove, how can you "securely" trap it for the out? |
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