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But, both actors have to play their role to get this call. And, in the OP, the defense did not play the role properly. It's all part of the art (as opposed to science) of umpiring, and the art will be practiced differently at different levels and in differnent locations. |
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Mike & Dave, both excellent points. Level and quality of play are huge factors and my own personal experience has been that as I advanced in ball I had to develop a feel for what the parameters were regarding this kind of call. "Ball there, glove there" is usually expected where I call if the play is routine.
But where's the line? As Dave said that's a development thing. Just this season I had a steal of third by R2. Ball was there but F5 was asleep and late. But from the first base defensive dugout I'm sure it looked out - I called safe. So I got a face full of "the ball was there" from the defensive HC. But you know what? In the seventh inning he came out and apologized; he talked to his F5 who admitted he was late. Of course, my partner after the game said "just call him out anyway, the ball was there..." TV of course is changing all this and that is a whole different discussion we could have. |
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I am still amazed at how many times I see a varsity coach whine that the ball beat the runner on a tag play so he has to be out. "It's not a force, skipper." is my usual reply. I don't see much of that in collegiate ball around here because those guys know the plays will almost always be closer and better. Make the call and don't worry about appeasing those who expect a certain outcome. That is rating's pandering. |
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