Check swing

[topper]

The SUIP staff is having, or at least considering having, the PU going to whichever base umpire is on the line in the 3 man system on all check swings.

Any thoughts?

[JEL]

Originally Posted by topper

The NUIP staff is having, or at least considering having, the PU going to whichever base umpire is on the line in the 3 man system on all check swings.

Any thoughts?

Requested or not?

[socalumps]

Originally Posted by topper

The NUIP staff is having, or at least considering having, the PU going to whichever base umpire is on the line in the 3 man system on all check swings.

Any thoughts?

I'll go with the SUIP staff...and I think it makes sense!!

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by topper

The NUIP staff is having, or at least considering having, the PU going to whichever base umpire is on the line in the 3 man system on all check swings.

Any thoughts?

So, with a RHP and a runner on 2B, they are going to U3 for a check swing?

[socalumps]

Check swings are only appealable to an umpire on the line.

[topper]

Originally Posted by socalumps

I'll go with the SUIP staff...and I think it makes sense!!

Yeah, them too. Initialism corrected.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by socalumps

Check swings are only appealable to an umpire on the line.

So the answer to my question was "yes"?

If so, my opinion is that it is just another change .....nevermind, wasting the keystrokes especially with the ivory tower crowd.

[CajunNewBlue]

Originally Posted by topper

The SUIP staff is having, or at least considering having, the PU going to whichever base umpire is on the line in the 3 man system on all check swings.

Any thoughts?

As of a few weeks ago this was the mandated mechanic.... only thing i question is, in the rotated position with a left handed batter they want you to goto U1 when IMHO U3 might have a better look at it. but i just do what they tell me.
if i dont ask the wrong BU!! (thats for whiskers_ump)

[wadeintothem]

mandating "going for help" is just a waste, especially at lower levels. Some times the batters barely twitch and they want to go for help. "Recommending" is better than mandating to leave open the door for umpire discretion depending on the situation.

[CajunNewBlue]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

mandating "going for help" is just a waste, especially at lower levels. Some times the batters barely twitch and they want to go for help. "Recommending" is better than mandating to leave open the door for umpire discretion depending on the situation.

going to the BU on the line i meant, was the "mandated" part... and I was only thinking about NCAA (not the lower levels)... I shouldn't have used that word... my bad.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

... and I was only thinking about NCAA (not the lower levels)...

Uh oh. You might just have gone and stepped on a few toes!

[CajunNewBlue]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Uh oh. You might just have gone and stepped on a few toes!

yeah.. i like the way my sneakers taste..sigh
but what the heck... most of the ppl in here dont care about toe stepping... and i have copies of the post to prove it

[SRW]

Other than the Samoan United Independent Party, what's SUIP?

[CajunNewBlue]

Softball Umpire Improvement Program

[topper]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

So the answer to my question was "yes"?

If so, my opinion is that it is just another change .....nevermind, wasting the keystrokes especially with the ivory tower crowd.

Put aside from where the change came, why it was made, and who it affects. Forget how long we've been doing it the other way. Considering the angles and depth perception each of the 2 positions (on the line or rotated / your favorite, counter-rotated) offer, which umpire can make the most informed decision?