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harmbu Sat Mar 28, 2015 07:32pm
I really just saw this
 
I just witnessed a play where F3 fielded a ball while laying on the ground near the base. He had the ball in his throwing hand and tagged the base ahead of the runner with his empty glove. The umpire emphaticalsignaled safe and said, "Safe. He had the ball in his hand when he tagged the base with his glove." The defensive coach did not question the call. Instead he chewed on his F3 for not knowing the rules.

bob jenkins Sat Mar 28, 2015 08:20pm
They deserve each other.

umpjim Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:29am
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins (Post 959449)
They deserve each other.
Next time he'll know to flip the glove off before he touches the base.

Rich Ives Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:13am
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Originally Posted by harmbu (Post 959444)
I just witnessed a play where F3 fielded a ball while laying on the ground near the base. He had the ball in his throwing hand and tagged the base ahead of the runner with his empty glove. The umpire emphaticaly signaled safe and said, "Safe. He had the ball in his hand when he tagged the base with his glove." The defensive coach did not question the call. Instead he chewed on his F3 for not knowing the rules.
That's when you yell from the stands "What if he'd tagged it with his shoe?" :D

hbk314 Sun Mar 29, 2015 04:08pm
I had a play like that happen when I played. Our first baseman fielded a ball in his glove, pushed on the base with his bare hand as he was getting up, then stepped on it. Out wasn't called until he stepped on it, and it was still prior to the runner arriving, fortunately.

bwburke94 Sun Mar 29, 2015 05:18pm
I assume this was confusion over the rule on tagging a runner vs. the rule on tagging a base. Everyone makes mistakes.

johnnyg08 Sun Mar 29, 2015 09:30pm
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins (Post 959449)
They deserve each other.
Yep!! :D

umpjim Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:51pm
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Originally Posted by bwburke94 (Post 959501)
I assume this was confusion over the rule on tagging a runner vs. the rule on tagging a base. Everyone makes mistakes.
That's a big one.

john5396 Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:34pm
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Originally Posted by umpjim (Post 959523)
That's a big one.
When was the last time a coach said, no problem, that was a small mistake...:)


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