check swing appeal - what a mess......

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by btdt

I understand the repercussions of reversing a called ball to a third strike.
If I am uncertain I will gladly ask for help on my own.

But with all due respect, I have never understood why I would ask for unrequested help when my judgment was the batter didn't offer.

To avoid a sh***storm like the one in the OP.

[mbyron]

Remember that FED includes a rule that allows umpires to "fix" situations caused by their own mistakes. So if the OP had been a high school game, the umpires would have been correct by rule to put the BR on 1B, since he had obviously made it there himself during the play.

[johnnyg08]

sometimes your DI umpires aren't necessarily your area's best umpires. my take is at that level, an ump should know that a coach is going to appeal the check swing...ask right away...or like the other thread on here...if BU has a swing and PU has ball, BU needs to simply signal right away.

[Durham]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

sometimes your DI umpires aren't necessarily your area's best umpires. my take is at that level, an ump should know that a coach is going to appeal the check swing...ask right away...or like the other thread on here...if BU has a swing and PU has ball, BU needs to simply signal right away.

Ouch!

The plate umpire should have asked right away, but in his defense this mechanic is stressed more in the Blue book than in NCAA materials. The base umpire should have offered right away, but only if he was going to rule a swing/strike, but again not necessarily a NCAA mechanic.

Since neither happened the plate umpire should have asked before bringing the kid back to the plate and since that didn't happen the base umpire should have offered before he let the player go back to the plate.

It was a good learning experience for that crew and now us, thanks for sharing.