F2 drops ball on tag while blocking plate

[rwest]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Hey, I said even in that first post if there was something weird you could have OBS.

Were just going around in circles, and I've been down this road already.

There was no obs.. in my view.. so no call.. he who wins wins.

Do you think you are saying something different?

I know I'm not.

OK fine, throw out the arm.. since the runner was safe anyway, and not impeded.. but now you can feel like you had a part in the play, no matter insignificant that part was. No one is gonna argue since shes safe anyway and this was a nice safe call. And you were indeed part of something special and got to enforce some rule when you didnt need to.

We are supposed to signal obstruction whenever we see it no matter if there is an award afterwards or not. Last year it was a POE for high school. At least here in Georgia. We were told umpires weren't signaling the obstruction when they saw it because they felt there wasn't going to be an award. Coaches then starting instructing there players to run at the offensive player to draw the obstruction call. We were informed that if we were doing our job of signaling obs when we see it, regardless if there is going to be an award or not, then the coaches wouldn't be instructed their runners to make contact.

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by rwest

We are supposed to signal obstruction whenever we see it no matter if there is an award afterwards or not. Last year it was a POE for high school. At least here in Georgia. We were told umpires weren't signaling the obstruction when they saw it because they felt there wasn't going to be an award. Coaches then starting instructing there players to run at the offensive player to draw the obstruction call. We were informed that if we were doing our job of signaling obs when we see it, regardless if there is going to be an award or not, then the coaches wouldn't be instructed their runners to make contact.

Of course its the same in ASA. That is exactly what you do. You signal OBS when you have it, even if there will not likely be an award.

I'll type this out slowly, because obviously people are not getting it.

There was no impeding the runner. The runner quickly and smartly touched HP. The runner is up and cheering and leaving yeah!! I score.

Youre standing there. Now you and some others will now call OBS, then say shes safe. "Obstruction safe" Everyone is looking at you like "man we got this dummy again, whats he doing". That is lame. Thats not the call.

I did not see her get impeded, I'm selling safe crowd goes wild 1/2 of everyone everyone is happy.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

Of course its the same in ASA. That is exactly what you do. You signal OBS when you have it, even if there will not likely be an award.

I'll type this out slowly, because obviously people are not getting it.

There was no impeding the runner. The runner quickly and smartly touched HP. The runner is up and cheering and leaving yeah!! I score.

Youre standing there. Now you and some others will now call OBS, then say shes safe. "Obstruction safe" Everyone is looking at you like "man we got this dummy again, whats he doing". That is lame. Thats not the call.

I did not see her get impeded, I'm selling safe crowd goes wild 1/2 of everyone everyone is happy.

I understand your point. I was just responding to the "runner was safe anyway" part of your post. I was simple pointing out that we call it when we see it regardless of whether or not we have to award bases or not. That was my only point.