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IRISHMAFIA Sun Jun 16, 2019 08:54am

When teaching this and asked "how will we know" it was an attempt, my response is if you (umpire) feel the need to move to cover 2B because of something the runner did, it was probably an attempt.

teebob21 Sun Jun 16, 2019 09:45pm

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 1033389)
When teaching this and asked "how will we know" it was an attempt, my response is if you (umpire) feel the need to move to cover 2B because of something the runner did, it was probably an attempt.

Damn. That's a great rule of thumb, at any level. Thanks, Irish.

CecilOne Mon Jun 17, 2019 06:02am

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Originally Posted by teebob21 (Post 1033396)
Damn. That's a great rule of thumb, at any level. Thanks, Irish.

Even without post #3. :rolleyes:

teebob21 Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:34pm

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Originally Posted by CecilOne (Post 1033397)
Even without post #3. :rolleyes:

Post #3 was good, too. :D I liked Mike's phrasing as a teaching tool.

CecilOne Mon Jun 17, 2019 01:09pm

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Originally Posted by teebob21 (Post 1033404)
Post #3 was good, too. :D I liked Mike's phrasing as a teaching tool.

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As cryptic as I am usually, more flowery than Mike.

You might enjoy this oldie. :)

chapmaja Mon Jun 17, 2019 01:37pm

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 1033389)
When teaching this and asked "how will we know" it was an attempt, my response is if you (umpire) feel the need to move to cover 2B because of something the runner did, it was probably an attempt.


I like that


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