Yet another Int/Obs Question

[SC Ump]

Originally Posted by youngump

DC obviously disagreed and felt that he should get the out for the contact.

Hope I'm not hijacking the thread. First, from your discription, I think you made the right call. Second, I'd be curious how that argument went. I would think you could question the coach until he realized how wrong his logic was. (Or at least until he could vent a little without escalation.)

C: The runner should be out for contact.
U: Why? That fielder wasn't fielding the ball.
C: But the baserunner bumped into her. That should be an out.
U: If the fielder isn't fielding the ball and the baserunner bumped into her, that's obstruction and that's what I called.
C: But the first baseman was trying to field the ball.
U: Then what was the second baseman doing?
C: blah, blah, blah

If that argument got almost to the point of the DC "removing himself from the game", there might have been some other tricks to settle this coach down. Take a double look at how that conversation went and perhaps run it by some of the senior folks in your org. I know it's not technically our job to settle them down, but it beats filling out ejection paperwork.

All in all, you got the call right and didn't have too much coach push back. I would count that as a success.