Dropped Third Strike - Check Swing

[MikeStrybel]

Why?

I worked a college DH yesterday and pregamed this scenario. In the third inning, I didn't get a good look at the half swing. I immediately went to my partner without prompting from the catcher or coach. When my partner said, "No swing.", the defensive coach loudly said, "Why ask him? That's your call. Stick with what you had." I just glared at him for a moment. At the half inning he walked a couple of new baseballs to me and apologized. I told him that I asked for help in order to make sure. I then told him that no one believes our intial calls or appeals any way and he laughed.

It would have been far worse if he had called the swing without me asking for help.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by MikeStrybel

Why?

I worked a college DH yesterday and pregamed this scenario. In the third inning, I didn't get a good look at the half swing. I immediately went to my partner without prompting from the catcher or coach.

Remember that it's only when:

Checked Swing
AND D3k
AND B becomes BR
(AND BU has a Swing, for the umprompted signal)

It's not every checked swing. It happens once or twice a season to me at PU (now I'll have three in my next game).

(And it may have been that sitation in your game, you didn't say.)

[MikeStrybel]

It was. I WILL ALWAYS go for help if I need it. I just find the offering of a different call without prompting to be an invitation for a bunch of nonsense. I am glad my partner did not do that.

For what it's worth, Coach Randall never made a peep. You gotta love that guy.