Interesting Situation

[PeteBooth]

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Baseball 'Gimmick' Play

Here is my MAIN problem with the article

The only way to make sure you get that call right is to get another official,'' Buie said. "We have to have three officials to get that call correct.''

IMO, the aforementioned is a cop-out answer.

This was bad mechanics on the part of this umpiring crew.

We had a sqeeze play and a throw to first base.

If the PU is on 1BLX where he should be, he can watch R3 touch the plate and also watch R2 touch third base.

If the throw did come to the plate, then the BU can take a quick glance to see that the BR touched first base and then pick up R2 going to third base.

Yes 3 person helps, but if the umpires were doing their job the team could not "cheat"

How this most likely came about

Trust asure coaches DO WATCH umpires. Perhaps in a previous game or previous years, etc. this coach noticed that this umpiring crew did not WATCH the runners touch the bases. He might have appealed an opposing player missing a base in which he KNEW the base was missed but the umpires signalled safe meaning they were NOT watching the touches, hence he "stored it in his memory banks"

Hey I kicked calls before and also blown my mechanic BUT I admitted it. No sense blaming it on someone else for my mistake. That is part of umpiring. We are NOT perfect and we "live and learn"

In a nutshell I am surprised this particular umpire association did not take umbrage with We have to have three officials to get that call correct.

Hey fellows hate to break it to you but in this climate you are NOT getting 3 so take a refresher coarse on the 2 person mechanics.

Pete Booth