coach told him to "block" the base‏

[kheisner]

Oh, boy. What ruleset?

PONY/OBR....why do you ask? I'd called it the same in Fed


You kicked the hell out of this one.

HTBT.....

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by kheisner

Oh, boy. What ruleset?

PONY/OBR....why do you ask? I'd called it the same in Fed

Really? In FED you would allow a fielder, without possession of the ball, deny a runner access to a bag?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by kheisner

PONY/OBR....why do you ask? I'd called it the same in Fed.

You'd be dead wrong in FED. 100% OBS.

Originally Posted by kheisner

HTBT.....

No, you don't. Your description says it all.

[mbyron]

In general, MC is of course a judgment call. I can envision a play where a little runner (remember, these kids are 11U) bounces off a chunky F5 who is firmly planted. Hard to call MC there.

OTOH, I can envision a play (which sounds like the OP) where F5 goes and gets the runner and knocks him on his butt. I'm all for instructional umpiring up to a certain level, but even 11U kids know that's not baseball.

Whether his coach goes too depends on the first words out of his mouth. If it's "Bobby, what the heck are you doing?" he might stay; if it's "Attaboy, Bobby!" buh-bye.