Base on Balls

[johnnyg08]

100% out. In terms of mechanics, your timing will be important here so you don't have to make two different calls on the same play.

[lawump]

A very similar play happened to Kerwin Danley in Oakland (vs. NYY) 10 to 12 years ago.

R1, three balls to batter, two outs. R1 takes off and slides. He overslid second base and Jeter put the tag on him. Danley just put his hands up and said "it was ball four" (or words to that effect). Jeter then pointed out that R1 had overslid the bag. Danley had the look of "oh my god, you're right" and banged the runner out.

I've seen this play on tape several times.

[GA Umpire]

Originally Posted by lawump

A very similar play happened to Kerwin Danley in Oakland (vs. NYY) 10 to 12 years ago.

R1, three balls to batter, two outs. R1 takes off and slides. He overslid second base and Jeter put the tag on him. Danley just put his hands up and said "it was ball four" (or words to that effect). Jeter then pointed out that R1 had overslid the bag. Danley had the look of "oh my god, you're right" and banged the runner out.

I've seen this play on tape several times.

Of course, what he was supposed to do was watch the play as it happened. Then, call it accordingly.

If R1 doesn't overslide, then just say "It was Ball Four."
If R1 does overslide or come off the base after touching it, call the out.

Even the pros mess up the simplest of calls sometimes. Just to clarify, to me, this is a simple call.

[johnnyg08]

I think we all agree that it's a simple call...but the mechanics are important so that we can make it look like we know what we are doing too. The Danley example was a good one to post.