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Several years ago doing a ASA 12u B tournament had a batter strike out swing. I gave a strike signal and said strike thee loud enough for the catcher and hitter to hear. I stepped back cleared my indicator, next batter stepped in the batter's box hit the next pitch and made it safe on first base.
D coach came up and said the runner on first was the one that you just called out. I looked at his score book, checked my line up card sure enough it was the same batter. I had BOO. O coach was very upset and wanted to call the UIC over. UIC came and I told both of them I gave the strike signal and told the catcher and batter that was strike three. It was not my responsibly to make sure the correct batter was coming to bat. I'm here to umpire not to coach. UIC agreed, BOO play on. Even at lower level rec ball I will tell the batter several times strike three but at what point is it the coaches responsibly and not yours. |
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This guy made the most of a dropped third strike...I don't speak the language, but I am pretty sure I heard "WTF" in Japanese.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5G1pHXOtMg
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Crap, like it'd do any good... ![]() Though I was waiting for someone to fall into a water pit or have something spring up from the ground and whack them in the nuts.
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If I remember right it was 14U. IFF , the usual chaos, dropped ball, people running around in anarchy then...dead silence...so I gave'em what i had in a booming voice. "Runner on 1B is out due to the IFF, runner at home was tagged before touching home so we have a doubleplay and the inning is over." Everybody started talkin again and kids started moving again. I wish I would have had a bullhorn so I could have given them my spiel on legalization of some naturally growing stuff. ![]()
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