Why we umpires love baseball coaches--Part I.

[GA Umpire]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Not withstanding the negagive reaction to my partner ruling his runner out. I did not restrict him to the dugout because we DID call his runner out because he not my partner and I put his runner at risk. Everybody keeps forgeting that before my partner said a word to the runner, the runner stopped short of second base and started to return to first base when he heard his coach yell "foul ball". It is my humble opinion that the HC learned his lesson about keeping his mouth shut., and that the "foul tip" signal means just that and not foul ball.

MTD, Sr.

No one is forgetting. But, once your partner confirmed it to be a foul ball, he put the runner in jeopardy worse than the coach. The runner still had a chance to turn around. But, once the umpire says foul, what runner is going to question that?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by GA Umpire

No one is forgetting. But, once your partner confirmed it to be a foul ball, he put the runner in jeopardy worse than the coach. The runner still had a chance to turn around. But, once the umpire says foul, what runner is going to question that?

My partner never said used the word "foul". The only person on the diamond that used the word "foul" was the HC.

MTD, Sr.

P.S. I understand what NFHS rules really want, but even when I go to the Pearly Gates and I am told that I am not good enough to get in and I then am turned away from Hades because Lucifer doesn't want me because he knows I WILL take over, I believe the punishment for the HC's crime was the "right" one.