Horrible Mechanics

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by njdevs00cup

Pete,

No signal was ever made on catch no catch. The runners, defense and base coaches did not know what to do.

I hope you had a POST game with your partner and TOLD him NEXT time signal something.

It's one thing if it's a 'can of corn" or the ball clearly dropped. It's quite another on a Troubled ball

Pete Booth

[njdevs00cup]

[QUOTE=PeteBooth;609668]

I hope you had a POST game with your partner and TOLD him NEXT time signal something.

It's one thing if it's a 'can of corn" or the ball clearly dropped. It's quite another on a Troubled ball

Pete Booth

Pete,

After the game I asked the BU about the call. He said, "In my mind it was a catch!" I explained the confusion the lack of a call caused for all involved and he asked, "Did you think he caught it?" I wished him a good night and checked my list of future assignments and partners.

I can only venture a guess that he was not sure whether the ball was caught or not, figured it was to call nothing and let F8's throw to 1B dictate whether it was a catch or not in his mind.
Matt

[ozzy6900]

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Originally Posted by PeteBooth

Pete,

After the game I asked the BU about the call. He said, "In my mind it was a catch!" I explained the confusion the lack of a call caused for all involved and he asked, "Did you think he caught it?" I wished him a good night and checked my list of future assignments and partners.

I can only venture a guess that he was not sure whether the ball was caught or not, figured it was to call nothing and let F8's throw to 1B dictate whether it was a catch or not in his mind.
Matt

If he is going to let the players dictate the game, what is the need for him to be out there as an umpire?

There are times we look to players for additional information (HBP, foul in the box, rolling catch/no catch) but we make a decision and then make a call!