Illegally batted ball?

[Simply The Best]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Notice nobody, NOBODY arguing for such a call to be made.

You mean no one who apparently is not in your killfile.

With the benefit of replay, I can see that his foot is probably 2 inches out of the box (only his heel has to be touching the line) at the time of contact. You expect an umpire to get that in real time?

Absolutely.

I choose to take my direction in this type play from the ML umpires who, wisely, IMO, don't bother with this kind of nonsense.

What other OBR's do you ignore?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Oooh, the mating call of the LL umpire.

You don't need to go there. I know plenty of HS-only umpires who are probably as terrible as the guys I've killfiled here. BTW, quoting these jokers makes me read their drivel if I keep following the thread.

I'm working one of the World Series put on by LL this year and I can assure you that many of us carry common sense and a sense of baseball tradition onto the field. Many of us are also HS and college umpires in the spring and work LL to give back to our communities in a way we enjoy.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

You don't need to go there. I know plenty of HS-only umpires who are probably as terrible as the guys I've killfiled here. BTW, quoting these jokers makes me read their drivel if I keep following the thread.

I'm working one of the World Series put on by LL this year and I can assure you that many of us carry common sense and a sense of baseball tradition onto the field. Many of us are also HS and college umpires in the spring and work LL to give back to our communities in a way we enjoy.

As you know, Rich, many of us distinguish between LL umpires and umpires who work LL.