1st to 3rd PO MOVE

[DG]

Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

And I would like to just "go on the record" and apologize to JFlores for taking shameless advantage of his innocent "typo" in order to shamelessly and gratuitously indulge my unfortunate penchant to engage in puerile sarcasm when it was perfectly clear from the "get go" what he was asking.

Learned a new word today... Had to look it up...puerile.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by DG

Learned a new word today... Had to look it up...puerile.

I've been using Puerile to disinfect my hands for years...ever since I saw it in my doctor's office.

[UmpJM]

Originally Posted by DG

Learned a new word today... Had to look it up...puerile.

DG,

As always, I blame the Jesuits!

I actually had a "1st to 3rd" pick-off move in a game last year, and I'll tell ya', it was kind of WEIRD.

Very early season HS Varsity game, around the 3rd inning, tall, lanky LHP on the mound, R1 & R3 with 1 out. I'm on the bases.

The F1 initiates a decent move to 1B, and as I am stepping up and pivoting to call the play at 1st, he very "smoothly" fakes a throw to 1st and begins pivoting back to 3rd.

As I am nimbly pivoting back towards 3rd following his motion, I am thinking something like, "Ahhh. The old 1st to 3rd... WTF? He can't do THAT!" before I manage to sputter, "THAT'S A BALK!" in a tone that might be characterized as "surprised indignation".

Thankfully, the move had apparently "brain-locked" the OHC in the 3rd base coaching box a bit as well, because I managed to beat his outraged complaint by about a tenth of a second, and he morphed it into a "Thank YOU" that really conveyed more of a "About freakin' TIME" sense than any sort of true gratitude.

PU never said "Jack".

The pitcher just kind of "hung his head" and shook it in a "What was I thinking?" kind of way.

Like I said, it was kind of weird.

JM

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

The pitcher just kind of "hung his head" and shook it in a "What was I thinking?" kind of way.

Like I said, it was kind of weird.

JM

F1 was probably ambidextrous, and it worked just fine when he faced the other way.