"Selling" Safe Call on Missed Bag during DP

[Rich]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

I assume that the players are driven to the games by their mommies, right? Because if you don't call this out in games where players shave and have girlfriends, you are going to have real problems!

Those days are long over at every level I work, including NCAA baseball.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by Rich

Those days are long over at every level I work, including NCAA baseball.

Sorry Rich, I've been calling it my whole career (at every level, as you) and until I am told other wise, I will continue. I have never, never had an argument with a coach or a gig from an evaluator or assigner for calling the neighborhood play. Of course, I do not call as we did in the 70's (5 feet away), the fielder has to be able to have been close enough to have touched the bag if he were a masochist. Add to this any runner I have called out was already walking back to the bench, not giving it a 2nd thought.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by martynva

"That's a great baseball play, and in a game this important, you need to give him that out"

Missing a base is never a great baseball play.

"should have sold it better".

The wave of the arms would have done this for you.

P.S. If I had thought of it, I'd have told the Coach that "the league paid for three umpires to ensure we got that play right .... and I did."

Whether in 1, 2, or 3 man, NEVER EVER mention anything about who paid for how many umpires. NEVER.

[umpjim]

Originally Posted by martynva

Home has R1, 1 out. (Playoffs so we are working 3-man, I am in C Modified).

As a mechanics aside, most manuals currently have you in B Modified with R1 only, unless you have a LH batter in NCAA.