!st Batter interference in a long time

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Baseball novice here: Am I right in inferring from this thread that the runner should have been returned to 1B and the batter declared out?

Yes, that is correct.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by stateump

In all of your posts (I'm hustling and hearing no complaints) you always reference the things you did right bragging about how of an good umpire are.

Lets see in other post beating partners up bragging about the pre game meeting.

I have the (probably futile) hope that what stateump means is, "Charlie, you may not realize this, but in your posts and your personal interactions with other umpires, you often come across as a "know-it-all" who thinks he is a better umpire than others around him. It rubs people the wrong way and is affecting others' perceptions of you. I offer this to you in the spirit of feedback, helping all of us become better umpires."

I will also point out that I hadn't (and haven't) reached that premise about Charlie always patting himself on the back.

So, I'll leave the two posts above this. The third post from Stateump below, however, crosses the line and has been deleted.

[charliej47]

I will be the first to admit that I learn something every game I do and the older I get I find that I keep forgetting the correct interpretations when a seldom seen plays happens.

I come to this site and post those plays to see if I got it right.

I am really pleased when I find out that I did and very embarrassed when I find out I got it wrong.

I will say that I consider myself above average. Some days I think that I'm getting bad.