runover by F1

[BuggBob]

Something painfully interesting happened to me yesterday. High School Play-offs, I'm BU, no runners on, no outs. Deep hit to left, I start in to the infield, like I've done a thousand times before, I look at the runner advancing, glance over to the ball, look back at the runner .... BAM! the first baseman knocks this 280 pound ex-Marine on his butt. That's right, I collide with F1. I have never seen a first baseman in that move in that area before, which is why we set up and run where we do. I am not kidding I was easily 20 feet from first base and about five feet in front of the first-second base line when we collided. The girl's head hit my collar bone (which is still sore today) and her knee hit me in the upper thigh. The girl was unhurt, as I am not a rock hard as I used to be,( yea, there are a few soft spots on this overweight body).



Any you guy ever collide with a player before?

[Tru_in_Blu]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

Something painfully interesting happened to me yesterday. High School Play-offs, I'm BU, no runners on, no outs. Deep hit to left, I start in to the infield, like I've done a thousand times before, I look at the runner advancing, glance over to the ball, look back at the runner .... BAM! the first baseman knocks this 280 pound ex-Marine on his butt. That's right, I collide with F1. I have never seen a first baseman in that move in that area before, which is why we set up and run where we do. I am not kidding I was easily 20 feet from first base and about five feet in front of the first-second base line when we collided. The girl's head hit my collar bone (which is still sore today) and her knee hit me in the upper thigh. The girl was unhurt, as I am not a rock hard as I used to be,( yea, there are a few soft spots on this overweight body).

Any you guy ever collide with a player before?

First baseman is F3. I've come close a couple of times, brushing a second baseman who was backing up a throw from F5 to F3. As I came inside to get the 45, she cut right in front of me, once almost obscuring my view of the play at first base. After the second time it happened, I talked to the coach about it and said if she was blocking my view of the play, I'd have no choice but to rule the runner safe. That fixed it.

Also had another semi-collision with a catcher after a throw from the outfield took a weird bounce off the backstop. He thought it was going to go in a certain direction, but apparently hit a post and went somewhere else. He almost took me out trying to retrieve the ball.

Ted

[ncaaumpdj]

Another reason to work the "rim" instead of button-hooking in.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by ncaaumpdj

Another reason to work the "rim" instead of button-hooking in.

Knock yourself out. I'd rather be in the best position for all possible plays and do the complete job for which I am being paid.

Thank you.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Knock yourself out. I'd rather be in the best position for all possible plays and do the complete job for which I am being paid.

Thank you.

What? Like keeping all elements of the play in front of you?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

What? Like keeping all elements of the play in front of you?

Any you know as well as I do that this is a myth of working the rim. It sounds good, but is a selling point that doesn't exist.

[SC Ump]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

Any you guy ever collide with a player before?

I cut my fastpitch teeth on a Cuban men's league in Tampa in the early 90's. In the second or third inning of my very first game, there was a bunt. I was in "A" and moved to position to make the call. F4 was coming over to backup the throw from catcher and ...

He was 130ish and I was 250ish. We were both watching the ball and never saw the collision coming. I made the call and then helped him off the ground.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

Any you guy ever collide with a player before?

Yep. Story told here.

The short and curly of the story is that it was a 155-pound runner versus a 220-pound BU. BU 1, runner 0.