Hit by pitch

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by TwoBits

Do we all agree Hernandez should not have inspected the batter's hand for injury? I only ask because this situation has happened twice when I was umpiring behind the plate. Both times I did not award first to the batter because I did not see the ball hit the batter's hand, and they were both wood bat games, and I couldn't go off sound, either. Both times the offensive team's managers got themselves ejected when they went nuts over my decision.

Yeah, I thought that was a little goofy. Inspecting the hand can tell you only THAT the ball hit the hand, not WHEN (specifically, not whether it hit bat then hand or hand then bat).

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Yeah, I thought that was a little goofy. Inspecting the hand can tell you only THAT the ball hit the hand, not WHEN (specifically, not whether it hit bat then hand or hand then bat).

It hit the hand first (according to some pro umpire trainer whose name escapes me).

It's this play's version of "the tie goes to the runner."

[mbyron]

Never heard that before, but I'm ok with it.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It hit the hand first (according to some pro umpire trainer whose name escapes me).

It's this play's version of "the tie goes to the runner."

The version I heard about was obscebity laced too.

On the order of "Hey stupid, it hit the batter's hand first"

[Ump153]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

The version I heard about was obscebity laced too.

On the order of "Hey stupid, it hit the batter's hand first"

What was the obscebity? God Dabbity?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Ump153

What was the obscebity? God Dabbity?

Crap, I thought he was using some high-falutin' school word I had never heard before, trying to show off how smart he is. I was too embarrassed to ask what obscebity meant. I didn't see the typo.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Ump153

What was the obscebity? God Dabbity?

I never took typing. Therefore I sometimes hit the wrong letter. BFD.