Hidden Ball Trick

johnnyg08 · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 28, 2010, 10:46am

How the hidden ball trick works many times is that the fielder never actually throws the ball back to F1. During a live ball pick off play or when getting the ball back from the outfield they will keep the ball live and not throw it back to F1...often times faking a throw. If F6 was going to have a conference w/ F1...likely, time would be called and I think Forest Ump is correct in reading post #5.

Rich Ives · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 28, 2010, 11:53am

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Originally Posted by johnnyg08

If F6 was going to have a conference w/ F1...likely, time would be called .

Not in these parts. Your situation may differ.

MD Longhorn · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 28, 2010, 12:11pm

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Originally Posted by johnnyg08

If F6 was going to have a conference w/ F1...likely, time would be called and I think Forest Ump is correct in reading post #5.

Just curious - not picking... wondering why time would "likely" be called. I can see it occasionally being called (by a fielder), but obviously never before an attempted hidden ball trick.

johnnyg08 · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 28, 2010, 12:19pm

don't see the hidden ball trick very often...in fact 1 time in probably 1,000 games.

MD Longhorn · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 28, 2010, 12:41pm

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Originally Posted by johnnyg08

don't see the hidden ball trick very often...in fact 1 time in probably 1,000 games.

But the question was - why do you "likely" have time if F6 (or F3) visits F1?

johnnyg08 · #6 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 28, 2010, 12:46pm

Well, if a player requests time to go talk to his pitcher, I will almost always grant time to allow him to talk with his pitcher.

If he doesn't request time, I will leave everything live. So if a play is "on" and he has been coached properly, he wouldn't request time, I would leave the ball live and see if they properly execute the play.

MD Longhorn · #7 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 28, 2010, 01:22pm

Well sure... but that doesn't jibe with "If F6 was going to have a conference w/ F1...likely, time would be called ". Most likely, it would not have been... and nearly all of the time before an attempted hidden ball, it would not have been.

truspartan · #8 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 28, 2010, 02:51pm

Well, personally I think it's a bush-league play anyway so I'm going to keep an eye on this particular team and anytime there's a meeting of the infielders I'll just call time ... that will force the pitcher to take the ball to the mound

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