Only in Little League

[Forest Ump]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

This play doesn't even get a conference - it only takes one umpire has to make this call!

At this level, the guy was most likly flying solo

Gentlemen,

Go back and read the original post. There was no throw down the line. Ace said R1 was going to 2nd. He didn't say R1 was standing on 1st picking daisies. I'm envisioning this batter, rh likely, getting in the way of the throw in front of the plate. Intent doesn’t play into this. No different than a batters swing carrying him into the catchers path. Interference. You're out. You, back to first.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Forest Ump

Gentlemen,

Go back and read the original post. There was no throw down the line. Ace said R1 was going to 2nd. He didn't say R1 was standing on 1st picking daisies. I'm envisioning this batter, rh likely, getting in the way of the throw in front of the plate. Intent doesn’t play into this. No different than a batters swing carrying him into the catchers path. Interference. You're out. You, back to first.

He said that R1 was walking slowly toward 2nd, and that F2 tried to pick him off at 1st base, which is down the 1st base line, last I checked. He also said the the batter started to run, which to me indicates that he wasn't right in front of the plate. Remember, this is Little League, so the catcher probably isn't executing a snap throw. He probably hesitated a bit before deciding to throw the ball at the batter's backside.

[Forest Ump]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

He said that R1 was walking slowly toward 2nd, and that F2 tried to pick him off at 1st base, which is down the 1st base line, last I checked.

Wellllll sureeeee. You can read it that way if you want to.

Never mind.(Emily Latilla)

But seriously Steve, if he does it the way I see it, I have interference. The way you read it, you're right, that's nothing. HTBT