fubar on dropped third strike

[chartrusepengui]

runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 out and a 3-2 count on batter. On pitch runners take off and F2 drops called strike 3 and batter tears off for first. I am BU and position myself for the play at first. F2 throws ball over head of F3 and R1 and R2 keep advancing. BR stays on bag at first while F3 makes throw to plate - but no play there. Time is called.

Coach comes out and appeals runners advancing says UIC called BR out saying he couldn't advance as 1st base was occupied. - visiting HC is out saying it was a dropped 3rd strike and legal. UIC calls me in and asked what I had. I told him that observed that BR was safe at 1st and R2 scored and R1 safe at third. He gets deer in headlight look and tells me that he said "strike three - batters out". Don't ask my why - he knows better - has more experience than me. He says he wants to change call and correct mistake.

I may very well be wrong - but we put BR on first as he reached 1st safely regardless of what UIC said. R2 was placed at 3rd adn R1 was placed at second. We advanced them 1 base from time of pitch as some players "stopped playing" when UIC called BR out -0 which would have been 3rd out of inning.

How could I have done better from BU position. I know that UIC should only have called strike three without saying anything else.

What say you?

[Chris Viverito]

Wanna get away?

[jophyal]

How can I say anything... "Time Out" is called and I am standing on edge of grass letting my partner sit in the grease a little while.

Did F2 throw it over F3's head because UIC said he was out?

[MD Longhorn]

I guess the real question is - did the umpire's call alter anything. If not (and it sounds like not as they kept playing), there's nothing to fix. He didn't say "TIME" or "Dead Ball!" or otherwise kill the play. An out doesn't kill the play, and in some cases, even an apparent 3rd out might not kill it.

I think you've got a run in and nothing to fix here.

[chartrusepengui]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

I think you've got a run in and nothing to fix here.

That is what I was wondering. However, some players did stop playing - ie Right Fielder was actually running in toward dugout instead of backing up 1st baseman which is why we went the other way. Just didn't feel quite right.

[SAump]

I would let PU explain his call and send coach back to the dugout with two outs.

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

ie Right Fielder was actually running in toward dugout instead of backing up 1st baseman which is why we went the other way.

I find it hard to believe that F9 heard the PU say "Batter's out" if you didn't hear it. It appears to me that F9 ASSUMED batter was out due to a runner being on 1B.

As others said, let the play stand the way it finished.

[Simply The Best]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

R1, R2, 2 out 3-2 runners moving; F2 drops called strike 3 B advances to first. I am BU; B-R safe at first; R1 and R2 to 3B/scored. Time. Coach comes out and appeals runners advancing says UIC called BR out. PU says he wants to change call and correct mistake.

BR on first as etc etc etc

Anything you and PU do at this point is going to be a fiasco, just let PU do whatever he wants.