It has been awhile since I umpired on a regular basis, age and work prevent me from getting out there much often. In my early years I did HS Softball and Baseball along with ASA fast pitch. At my youngest daughter's 14U ASA fastpitch game there was quite a stitch that did not effect the outcome but caused a lot of dust to get stirred up in my brain. There were two out and a runner on third and two strikes on the batter. Swinging third strike with a passed ball. Batter-Runner gets out of the way of the play at home plate. Runner on third scores. Then batter takes off for first and the throw beats her. Umpires tell scorer not to count run because batter-runner out on a force out. At first I thought that was correct BUT, then I remembered a more experienced umpire in a similar play in high school game say that that the run would count if the runner scored before the batter-runner was put out.
What do you sharp minded guys think.
Four_Eyes
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Tue Apr 05, 2005, 05:42pm
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