For whom the bell tolls....

[SanDiegoSteve]

I think ex-coaches-turned-umpires are worse than us ex-smokers. I can't stand cigarette smoke within 100 feet of me. Former coaches that umpire can't believe the crap that coaches pull, and are the first to cry, "Rat."

[Kevin Finnerty]

Sunday, my partner called a foul, nobody heard it, the ball wasn't foul and everybody kept running and the play went on without a hitch ... so the foul call didn't happen. We just ignored it, and talked about it later. He didn't ring the bell loud enough. Never had that happen before.

[TussAgee11]

A variant...

R2. 1 out. Runner rounds third, sees PUs point, relaxes and stops. Then sees his point fair, but is already caught off the bag and in a run-down.

I'd imagine that we might say that the bell did ring in this sitch. A player looking right at you was influenced by your crappy work a.

Of course an easier solution would be to not mess this one up in the first place...

[UmpJM]

Gentlemen,

Thanks for playing. I appreciate your comments.

After the R3 scored, the BR touched 1B, and the F1 subsequently tagged 1B on the belated throw from F3, the BU made a casual "SAFE" mechanic, the offensive team started celebrating, and the DHC made a beeline for the PU.

The PU gave him a polite "Stop sign", he did (stop), and the PU went to confer with the BU. The PU and BU verified that:

1. In the PU's judgement, the ball WAS, indeed, fair.

2. The PU had screwed up with the initial point foul, but neither umpire had seen any of the involved players (BR, F3, & F1) react in any way to the erroneous "point".

3. The play would stand as a fair batted ball, BR safe, run scores, game over.

The PU so announced.

The ("recently promoted") DHC was not pleased.

JM

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

The ("recently promoted") DHC was not pleased.

Did anyone call the WHAAAAAAAmbulance?

[jwwashburn]

FED Rules

I had one a few years ago...Bottom of the 7th, home team down by 1 run, bases loaded 1 out.

The ball looped in the air behind first base near the grass. The big First baseman fell down going for it and it bounced right in front of the grass about 5 feet fair.

I was the PU, I raised both hands over my head and said FOUL BALL. I already knew what I had done before BALL got out of my mouth. The 3rd base coach(HC) was heard to say rather loudly WHAT???

I walked down and said: Coach, I yelled foul. I screwed up. The rule is that I cannot fix it once I yell foul. He said: "Don't do that again!" and turned around.

The guy got a double on the next pitch.

Joe