Batter swings you hear tap-plink and the ball settles foul. You hesitate in your mind and ask yourself: "Do we have F2 OBS?" You hesitate another half of a second and say to yourself: "Would I be guessing F2 OBS?" Because it certainly wasn't obvious.

My call: "Foul"

3B Coach heard tap-plink too and questions the call. Told him, that I would be guessing since I didn't see it. Requested that I ask for help from my partner. Gave coach the courtesy. Final call: "Foul".

Several questions are buried in here. All comments welcome.

IMHO...

Catcher's obstruction is something you need to be 100% sure happened before you call it. My explanation to the coach would be I neither saw nor heard anything that would grant F2 OBS. Play on!

Your ears can be just as important as your eyes. If you heard it, call it.

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Your ears can be just as important as your eyes. If you heard it, call it.

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One camp, awhile back, suggested that making the close calls at 1st base came more from what you heard (Thud-Wap/Wap-Thud) as opposed to what you saw...
But I haven't found any mention of thuds, waps, taps, or plinks in either the ASA or Fed Rule books... :p

Hmmm...you must be getting the coaches copies of the rule books then. Are you looking under thud, whap, tap and plink in the index??? :D

Actually, it used to be in there, but the PC police made them take them out when some "communities" complained they were disparaging comments. They disappeared at about the same time as all the singular pronouns disappeared. :D

I almost always call CO on sound rather than sight. My eyes are focued on the ball coming into the zone out in front of the plate and the CO would generally occur more toward the rear of the plate in my periphial vison as the batter starts her swing.

There is almost no way that my periphial vision is going to pick up that small tick of the catchers mitt with the bat, but I can sure hear it.

Your ears can be just as important as your eyes. If you heard it, call it.

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One camp, awhile back, suggested that making the close calls at 1st base came more from what you heard (Thud-Wap/Wap-Thud) as opposed to what you saw...
But I haven't found any mention of thuds, waps, taps, or plinks in either the ASA or Fed Rule books... :p [/B][/QUOTE]

definately listen and watch at 1B..


Tie base and 90% super close ones are ring em up sell outs! :)

Dons fire retardent gear in case any ezteams coaches lurk here...

RE: OP.. can call CO on hearing it.. but be sure.