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Old Fri Jul 16, 2004, 12:21pm
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Originally posted by blue
This was brought up at the national school last December. According to henry Pollard: The defensive player cannot jump, catch the ball, and come down on the orange base for an out. The defensive player has to separate from the orange safety base, and then touch for the out. The question as raised: How far does he/she have to separate from the base? His answer was "The player has to separate from the base" leaving me with the impression that separation could be an inch or a foot, just as long as they separate.
I've been telling y'all what Henry said for two years now. An errant throw is a throw which cannot be caught. If the defender can catch the ball within range of the base, that is not an errant throw.

The call was correct, but your ejection scenario is the reason that I tell umpires to NEVER let a player stick around if you dumped them for USC. You are just asking for trouble later on.

I don't get picky with the sight and sound thing, I just tell the manager, "Coach, I told you he was gone. If I can see him or hear him, that means he is here and here is not gone."

If I do notice an ejected player watching the game from somewhere else, I don't care as long as he just sits there and keeps his mouth shut and that includes talking to his own players in the field.



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