Correct Mechanics?

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by zm1283

The guy on first needs to unhitch the cart.

Agreed

[johnnyg08]

So the mechanic was wrong, but the call was correct...doesn't make any difference in the play..."coach, the run doesn't count." End of discussion.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

So the mechanic was wrong, but the call was correct...doesn't make any difference in the play..."coach, the run doesn't count." End of discussion.

Okay, that's a simple way of conveniently closing the discussion, but the OP was about the mechanic itself, not the call or the explanation to the coach. So, the discussion is not necessarily closed at your request.

If we went by when the discussion should have ended, it would have ended after post #2, where I gave the correct mechanic.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Okay, that's a simple way of conveniently closing the discussion, but the OP was about the mechanic itself, not the call or the explanation to the coach. So, the discussion is not necessarily closed at your request.

If we went by when the discussion should have ended, it would have ended after post #2, where I gave the correct mechanic.

Waving your hands in front of your face is the correct mechanic? Most everyone else is describing waving off the run by moving the hands/arms back and forth while extending them over one's head.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Waving your hands in front of your face is the correct mechanic? Most everyone else is describing waving off the run by moving the hands/arms back and forth while extending them over one's head.

I meant to say arms, but said hands. I originally had it like a football ref signaling time out, but realized the arms shouldn't be that extended and quickly changed my post, because it could easily be confused with a time out signal. That's why the hands should be just above the head, not arms fully extended. In my haste to change my post, I inadvertently said hands.

[Kevin Finnerty]

So, then, this discussion hasn't ended, nor should it.

[Rich]

While the signal I give couldn't be confused with a "safe" signal, it's the voice that communicates here. "No run" or "the run does not score."

I don't understand how these things become issues, actually.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Okay, that's a simple way of conveniently closing the discussion, but the OP was about the mechanic itself, not the call or the explanation to the coach. So, the discussion is not necessarily closed at your request.

If we went by when the discussion should have ended, it would have ended after post #2, where I gave the correct mechanic.

Yeah, I guess I was referring to the "on the field" discussion.

No thread stops after only two posts!