Rules Quiz

[bsaucer]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

I bet you that if all of us work every week for 40 more years, MOST of us will still not have seen a legitimate abandonment call.

I saw an abandonment call in an NCAA game years ago. The third strike was dropped. The batter slowly walked toward the dugout. The umpire followed him. Just as soon as the batter stepped down on the first step, the umpire put his fist up.

The catcher just held the ball and watched.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by bsaucer

I saw an abandonment call in an NCAA game years ago. The third strike was dropped. The batter slowly walked toward the dugout. The umpire followed him. Just as soon as the batter stepped down on the first step, the umpire put his fist up.

The catcher just held the ball and watched.

I rest my case.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by bsaucer

I saw an abandonment call in an NCAA game years ago. The third strike was dropped. The batter slowly walked toward the dugout. The umpire followed him. Just as soon as the batter stepped down on the first step, the umpire put his fist up.

The catcher just held the ball and watched.

That's not an "abandoment" call (8-5c in NCAA). That's an out under 7-11u.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

That's not an "abandoment" call (8-5c in NCAA). That's an out under 7-11u.

That's why I rested my case.

[asdf]

Originally Posted by bsaucer

I saw an abandonment call in an NCAA game years ago. The third strike was dropped. The batter slowly walked toward the dugout. The umpire followed him. Just as soon as the batter stepped down on the first step, the umpire put his fist up.

The catcher just held the ball and watched.

Same plate umpire that overruled a call at second and told a coach "not one more step".......right????

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by bsaucer

I saw an abandonment call in an NCAA game years ago. The third strike was dropped. The batter slowly walked toward the dugout. The umpire followed him. Just as soon as the batter stepped down on the first step, the umpire put his fist up.

The catcher just held the ball and watched.

That's not abandonment. It's a separate rule.