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Old Sun Jul 17, 2011, 03:35pm
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Now if your a radio broadcaster you have slightly a different job. You are the eyes and ears of the listener. You have to actually talk more to describe what the listener can't see. Again though, stick with the facts and report what is happening, not what you think should be happening. get an official to sit with your broadcasting team.
Radio, so shutting up is not an option. All my baseball color commentators have been coaches. Though most do a good job helping with rules and nuances of the game, I have had a couple that I wanted to correct on the air but chose not to. "Hands a part of the bat" and "ball hitting an umpire is immediately dead" are two that was said and I cringed.

I would LOVE to have an umpire with me for baseball and an official for football. I was sitting next to a clock operator during a few football games and asked them to correct me if I made a mistake in explaining a rule and they all politely declined. I understand why they decline, but I would rather be right than sound stupid on the air. There are enough of us who do that.

Thanks to you all for your responses, and for participating on these forums. I learn a lot here.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 12:17am
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"Hands a part of the bat" and "ball hitting an umpire is immediately dead" are two that was said and I cringed.
While the former is patently absurd and ridiculous, the latter is true of an umpire working in the B or C position (in the infield), but not when working in A (beyond first base behind F3). The reason for this is in A the ball is kept alive because it has passed an infielder other than the pitcher (i.e. F3). In B or C, the ball has not yet passed a fielder other than the pitcher, and is immediately dead when it hits an umpire. The batter is credited with a single and all runners forced to advance do so.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 03:43am
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While the former is patently absurd and ridiculous, the latter is true of an umpire working in the B or C position (in the infield), but not when working in A (beyond first base behind F3).
I don't want to speak for voiceoflg, but I've heard this line used even for thrown balls.

Also, while generally true, an umpire can be hit in B or C and it not be a dead ball.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 10:21am
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Old Mon Jul 25, 2011, 11:21am
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Radio, so shutting up is not an option. All my baseball color commentators have been coaches. Though most do a good job helping with rules and nuances of the game, I have had a couple that I wanted to correct on the air but chose not to. "Hands a part of the bat" and "ball hitting an umpire is immediately dead" are two that was said and I cringed.

I would LOVE to have an umpire with me for baseball and an official for football. I was sitting next to a clock operator during a few football games and asked them to correct me if I made a mistake in explaining a rule and they all politely declined. I understand why they decline, but I would rather be right than sound stupid on the air. There are enough of us who do that.

Thanks to you all for your responses, and for participating on these forums. I learn a lot here.
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