Slow Pitch never ceases to amaze me.

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

And in either game, that is the result of poor coaching.

Exactly..
Not that I really give a sh1t as an umpire, but as a fan, I always like it when I see a catcher (or F3 for that matter) glancing back to see the touch when a runner is scoring or passing a base on a no brainer.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by HugoTafurst

Exactly..
Not that I really give a sh1t as an umpire, but as a fan, I always like it when I see a catcher (or F3 for that matter) glancing back to see the touch when a runner is scoring or passing a base on a no brainer.

I used to play on a team that had a designated "watcher". Everyone in the infield was to watch the runners and bases while the "watcher" in the dugout watched the umpire and what the umpire watched.

We averaged about an out a game and negated quite a few runs including a few game winners.

And they wonder why umpire's eyes get real big when we see something like that.

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I used to play on a team that had a designated "watcher".
And they wonder why umpire's eyes get real big when we see something like that.

I was the said designated "watcher" on a coed team, especially when I was the EH, and didn't have to worry about playing defense. When I was on defense, I still was the "watcher". My sharp eyes caught a female not touching 2nd on her way to 3rd when a guy walked. Appealed, and got the 3rd out.

The above situation, you should have seen the BU's eyes when he noticed I saw it. He knew he couldn't deny the appeal.

And all that in a Deaf national tournament. People couldn't believe how rules knowledgeable my team was, even if I was the one "coaching" or making the appeals!

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

...He knew he couldn't deny the appeal....

Why would he want to?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I used to play on a team that had a designated "watcher". Everyone in the infield was to watch the runners and bases while the "watcher" in the dugout watched the umpire and what the umpire watched.

We averaged about an out a game and negated quite a few runs including a few game winners.

And they wonder why umpire's eyes get real big when we see something like that.

In all of my basketball officiating crews and umpiring crews one official is designated the "watcher". His job is to identify all of the cute mommies in the stands, .

MTD, Sr.

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

In all of my basketball officiating crews and umpiring crews one official is designated the "watcher". His job is to identify all of the cute mommies in the stands, .

MTD, Sr.

See now, that's using the wrong terminology; as officials, we are expected to report with exacting verbiage.

That's the "MILF spotter", not the "watcher".

[NCASAUmp]

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