play at the plate UNC vs. NC State

[JJ]

I can imagine that coach the next time they see each other at a home plate meeting - after he's had a chance to see the film. He'll look at the ground, shuffle his feet, and say quietly, "Good call". And that will be that.

JJ

[rbmartin]

Originally Posted by JJ

I can imagine that coach the next time they see each other at a home plate meeting - after he's had a chance to see the film.
JJ

I was doing a varsity high school game earlier this year (I was at "B" position) and called a guy safe at first on a pick-off attempt. Caught an earful from 3rd base dugout. The next morning in the small local paper was a perfect still photo of the runner diving back before the tag. Life was good. Visiting coach was very polite to me the next time we met.

[lawump]

First things first: I have not umpired, nor will I likely ever umpire, a CWS.

With that said, I have been selected by our state high school governing body to umpire 8 state championships and I will be working my 5th consecutive American Legion regional this year. While I do have a longer fuse in these big games, the fact remains I have had several ejections at both events; when they eject themselves...they eject themselves, period. If they earn the ejection I will eject them. If as a result of that ejection, the governing/organizing body won't have me back, then so be it. I will have my self-respect as an umpire, however.

F1 and F2 both earned automatic ejections. This isn't MLB where you can give an "equipment violation" to keep them in the game. Those actions are automatic heave-ho's from MiLB down to LL.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by lawump

F1 and F2 both earned automatic ejections. This isn't MLB where you can give an "equipment violation" to keep them in the game. Those actions are automatic heave-ho's from MiLB down to LL.

True... but not in NCAA. At least ... not if you want to work again.

[DG]

Hmm.. I wonder how this would have been handled if in the 5th game of the MLB World Series.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by DG

Hmm.. I wonder how this would have been handled if in the 5th game of the MLB World Series.

I believe they would have been tossed. MLB doesn't have the same reluctance to eject that NCAA seems to.

[Publius]

Originally Posted by DG

Hmm.. I wonder how this would have been handled if in the 5th game of the MLB World Series.

Go to mlb.com and check out some footage of Robinson Cano getting called out by Rob Drake against the Tigers last fall in the ALCS to assuage your curiosity.

[umpjim]

Originally Posted by JJ

I can imagine that coach the next time they see each other at a home plate meeting - after he's had a chance to see the film. He'll look at the ground, shuffle his feet, and say quietly, "Good call". And that will be that.

JJ

No he won't. Read this.

Game-changing call - NCAA.com

[dash_riprock]

NC State HC: "The ball just beat him so much that obviously maybe we didn’t block the plate good enough. But with the rules, it says you can’t block home plate."

If he had coached his catcher to block the plate, they would have had an easy out. Good job knowing the rules, coach.