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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 12:51pm
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It's bush, but not interference. If he keeps trying that, in a couple of years he'll be pulling that big yellow softball out of his ear.
And he'd better hope there's a doctor there to help him, because most folks may not be so helpful!
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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 01:01pm
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I had the almost exact thing happen last summer... (I didn't call it either.)
DC comes out and calls the OC bush and a few other words that I couldn't quite hear as DC had third base dugout. OC didn't do it again.
I talked with the UIC of the tourney and a few umpires about it and although we'd all love to call it INT and seatbelt a bush playing coach like this. We cant/shouldnt and it was explained like this to me.
"Players should know there own teams/coaches voices."
This was a ASA rule based tournament.
I call BS on this "players should know their own teams'/coaches' voices." Let's face it, some people sound the same. I'm also pretty good at doing impressions of various people (you should hear my Bill Clinton impression). If a offensive player or coach were to yell "I got it" while a fielder is attempting to catch a fly ball, you'd be a fool to say, "well, the fielder should know his/her teammates' voices." BS! Pull something like that, and I'll call INT, not to mention the probability that I might toss the offending vocalist for USC.

In this sitch, though... I can't call INT. Not because of the voice issue, but the coach is coaching his runner. Maybe it's HTBT, but from the OP, I just can't call it.
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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 01:18pm
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I call BS on this "players should know their own teams'/coaches' voices." Let's face it, some people sound the same. I'm also pretty good at doing impressions of various people (you should hear my Bill Clinton impression). If a offensive player or coach were to yell "I got it" while a fielder is attempting to catch a fly ball, you'd be a fool to say, "well, the fielder should know his/her teammates' voices." BS! Pull something like that, and I'll call INT, not to mention the probability that I might toss the offending vocalist for USC.

In this sitch, though... I can't call INT. Not because of the voice issue, but the coach is coaching his runner. Maybe it's HTBT, but from the OP, I just can't call it.
I agree... never would 'splain it like that either. I was just relaying what i was told.

BTW "Pull something like that, and I'll call INT, not to mention the probability that I might toss the offending vocalist for USC."
What about a fly foul ball in front of the O's dugout? and someone in the dugout yells "i got it" and fielder drops the catch?
What we doing then?
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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 01:20pm
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I agree... never would 'splain it like that either. I was just relaying what i was told.

BTW "Pull something like that, and I'll call INT, not to mention the probability that I might toss the offending vocalist for USC."
What about a fly foul ball in front of the O's dugout? and someone in the dugout yells "i got it" and fielder drops the catch?
What we doing then?
Tossing the coach if I can't find the offender. The coach is responsible for the conduct of his/her team.
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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 02:00pm
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I agree... never would 'splain it like that either. I was just relaying what i was told.

BTW "Pull something like that, and I'll call INT, not to mention the probability that I might toss the offending vocalist for USC."
What about a fly foul ball in front of the O's dugout? and someone in the dugout yells "i got it" and fielder drops the catch?
What we doing then?
I've had this at a men's major. More or less, at that level of play, you need to know with whom you are communicating and make the damn play.

What would happen if you, as the umpire in a 3-umpire system, went out on a ball and waved off the other BU and said, "I got it" and the OF let the ball drop? After all, you called it!

Yes, you should say "2-umpire" or "2-man", but in the excitement, that isn't always what is said. I have heard, "Mine", "I got it", "My ball" among a few other things. I have not seen a fielder react, but could just imagine the conversation with the defense's coach
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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 02:13pm
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I've had this at a men's major. More or less, at that level of play, you need to know with whom you are communicating and make the damn play.

What would happen if you, as the umpire in a 3-umpire system, went out on a ball and waved off the other BU and said, "I got it" and the OF let the ball drop? After all, you called it!

Yes, you should say "2-umpire" or "2-man", but in the excitement, that isn't always what is said. I have heard, "Mine", "I got it", "My ball" among a few other things. I have not seen a fielder react, but could just imagine the conversation with the defense's coach
Which is why they drill into us calling out something that should not confuse the defense. "2 man" or "one man" or "going" should not cause confusion.

If you deviate from that and cause confusion, you deserve the subsequent ***-chewing.
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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 02:18pm
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If this rattled the catcher to the point she couldn't simply hold the ball or throw it to her teammate, she isn't going to be able to execute something like this
Then it's time for the Dakota play:

Originally Posted by Dakota
It's bush, but not interference. If he keeps trying that, in a couple of years he'll be pulling that big yellow softball out of his ear.
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A perfectly executed pitchout and snap throw down to third would probably take care of this situation.
I agree, but I doubt many 12/13 yr olds would do this. Too bad in this case.
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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 03:10pm
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Then it's time for the Dakota play:

Originally Posted by Dakota
It's bush, but not interference. If he keeps trying that, in a couple of years he'll be pulling that big yellow softball out of his ear.
Okay, let's take the next step.

If you have a catcher so terribly obvious that they are throwing the ball at the coach, would you ignore that?

If you do, where do you draw the line on retaliatory actions?
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If you have a catcher so terribly obvious that they are throwing the ball at the coach, would you ignore that?
I'd probably eject the F2 and laugh and the coach. And, send the runner back to 3B on general principle.

On second thought, I might just draw the line on 12U and younger get a pass with jerk, bush league adults.
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What would happen if you, as the umpire in a 3-umpire system, went out on a ball and waved off the other BU and said, "I got it" and the OF let the ball drop? After all, you called it!
I "sometimes" say ... "im going" most times i even raise an arm... sometimes i fergit ....partners should be looking for visual cues (my butt running to the outfield is a pretty good one) not so much the verbal ones.
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I had a similar play on Tuesday. BR (who is a fellow umpires daughter and a heck of a player) launches one right down the 3B line. We're playing a HS game on a city field that had fences of about 350' so there's not really a chance of it leaving the park but either way it's going for a ride. I'm BU and cut in as soon as I see it leave the bat. After the BR rounds first I cut a look to my partner who is signalling fair and I run with her to make sure she touches all the bases. Almost as soon as she hit the runners lane the DC is screaming "FOUL BALL, FOUL BALL". He continued this until she touched the plate. The BR didn't even hesitate so I didn't want to rob her of her glory and kill it only to award her home. After the play I call time and have a quick "Come to Jesus" talk with the DC who saw the error of his ways. One of my points to him was that there are only four male voices on the field, two coaches and two umpires. If she had stopped or hesitated it would have left me no choice on a hit like that.
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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 05:41pm
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I had a similar play on Tuesday. BR (who is a fellow umpires daughter and a heck of a player) launches one right down the 3B line. We're playing a HS game on a city field that had fences of about 350' so there's not really a chance of it leaving the park but either way it's going for a ride. I'm BU and cut in as soon as I see it leave the bat. After the BR rounds first I cut a look to my partner who is signalling fair and I run with her to make sure she touches all the bases. Almost as soon as she hit the runners lane the DC is screaming "FOUL BALL, FOUL BALL". He continued this until she touched the plate. The BR didn't even hesitate so I didn't want to rob her of her glory and kill it only to award her home. After the play I call time and have a quick "Come to Jesus" talk with the DC who saw the error of his ways. One of my points to him was that there are only four male voices on the field, two coaches and two umpires. If she had stopped or hesitated it would have left me no choice on a hit like that.
Okay, I understand where you would have went with this if necessary and would have made the same call. But how would you "rob her of her glory and kill it"? If anything, that would be obstruction, which is a delayed dead ball.

Even if she hesitated or stopped, you still are not going to kill the play until she is put out or all play is completed.
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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 10:09pm
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Okay, let's take the next step.

If you have a catcher so terribly obvious that they are throwing the ball at the coach, would you ignore that?

If you do, where do you draw the line on retaliatory actions?
If it's so terribly obvious that they are throwing the ball at the coach, I would not ignore it.
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Im pretty sure it would be accidental...
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