Most Mis-Understood Calls

[FUBLUE]

Maybe a little late, but for what it's worth...

Coaches/Players

1. Interference (by batter especially)
2. Obstruction (especially first base)
3. Infield Fly

Coaches don't understand that "normal effort" in relationship to interference is u mpire judgment, not coaches opinion. THey don't get the concept of not blocking the base. They don't think that a ball caught on the grass can still be called an infield fly.

Umpires

1. Look-Back Rule (over-analyzing/looking for easy outs)
2. Obstruction
3. Interference
4. Pitching Rule (over-analyzing it)

Umpires don't try to understand LBR. Most I've know either over-think it or ignore it. Obstruction, again, as discussed earlier. Interference, by definition, is relatively simple. But when applying to weird situations, they either ignore it or over-analyze it. Pitching rule tends to be over-analyzed by a few guys I work with. They look for "little" things that could be called an illegal pitch...but they wait until it's tied, in the bottom of the seventh, two outs, based loaded, full count on the batter, to call it. Again, looking for a way home. Then they brag about calling it...IDIOT'S! Fortunately for me, I work most of my games with a "selected few". But it still amazes me that we spend (here in my HS association) two months discussing rules, every year, and we talk about the same things to the same guys every year. And few people learn anything.