Timing play signal in MLB

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

You've also mentioned that you train umpires. Guess that goes without saying.

Yes I train them and they are trained to properly handle the Time Play. But unfortunately not all heed the training.

[Rich]

Both of you, knock it off.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Yes I train them and they are trained to properly handle the Time Play. But unfortunately not all heed the training.

I know that's right, and probably don't even know what a time play is. Comes without saying. Just an inexperience thing that comes with the territory.

[DTQ_Blue]

Nats F2, Jesus Flores, had an interesting comment on the play in the W. Post. He said that he thought PU thought that the bases were loaded in which case in PU's mind, there would be no timing play on the first runner because the play at 3rd would be a force. That could explain why PU didn't even indicate whether or not the run scored after the 3rd out. Only when Mattingly came out to ask about the run did PU then realize that the out at 3rd was not a force.

The W. Post article didn't state whether Flores said that PU told him this or not, but this explanation is easier to conceive of than PU knowing that the runner on 3rd could be involved in a timing play but then forgetting to watch for the tag/touch. The T play signal would have been given, but PU would not be thinking that it applied to the lead runner.
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