Let's take a trip..

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

Runners on 1st and 2nd. D coach gets time to converse with his infield. While that's happening, O coach talks to his runners and batter. After it's all over, play is resumed with R2 and R3.

We're all assuming that the runners just moved up one. But what if R1 was on third, and R2 stayed put?

You put the ball in play, and then call time. Call R3(?) out for passing R2, eject him, and the coach. But leave R2 alone.


Why wouldn't you do that?

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

I don't see the correlation.

It was, as stated, a third world play.

Third world plays happen to third world umpires.

[HokieUmp]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Third world plays happen to third world umpires.

Really? Is baseball that well played where you're at? Or do we have different definitions of what constitutes "third world" baseball?

I don't know that I've had plays of the type that get posted here, but I've had plenty of games where players didn't know their a$$ from their elbow, never mind what plays to make. In some games I've had, I've felt like it's a game of 18-on-2; a textbook example of why God gave man the concept of time - so we could invent the time-limit rule.

So how does it become the umpires fault when crap like that goes down? We can't coach 'em, and can't berate 'em, so where does that leave the umpire?