Umpire Error

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Originally Posted by steveshane67

this isnt some magical world where once your foot lands outside the batters box, you lose all ability to hit the ball, obviously the ump reversed his decision to declare it a dead ball. i dont know how that wasnt 100% clear from the initial post





that must have required a giant leap in your deductive reasoning skills



no, the ump decided to award the runners what bases they would have obtained if the ump said nothing about the batter being out of the batters box. once again, i dont know how that wasnt 100% clear from the initial post



did you even read the post? the ump decided he was wrong in saying the batter was out of the box, so he corrected his mistake as best he thought he could.

First, I am not sure how the OP was clear in much of anything. I was asking for clarification the OP went from R1 on 2nd and R1 on first and the batter being out of the box to batter being given first base and R1 given home and R2 given 3rd when the ball reached the outfielder. The OP asked about a misapplication of a rule which could be grounds for a protest. It was stated that the OFFENSIVE team protested. I would think that the DEFENSIVE team would be a bit shocked by the umpires ruling putting runners to additional bases AFTER it was ruled that the ball was DEAD on contact. EVEN IF the umpires decided that the call was wrong for hitting the ball out of the batter's box, ruling the ball dead put the DEFENSE in an unfair position, because the outfielder is NOT given the opportunity to make an out on any of the runners, due to an umpiring error. An umpire has the responsibility to get the call right. Because the umpire ruled the ball DEAD, and now wants to rule..."just kidding" and give runners two bases, should make the DEFENSE want to protest.

Hence why there were several of us asking for clarification. And none of us were being condescending or nasty. He asked for help, and in order to give it, we wanted to be clear.

I don't appreciate you singling me out. If the post was clear to you....you should have addressed the OP. Not those of us who know the rules and wanted to really help.

I'm sorry for you...where ever you play...that you don't have good quality umpires. It is an unfortunate fact of life however, everywhere you go. There will be good and poor doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc. And yes...even umpires. It's a human element. We all make mistakes.

Your post generalizing and condescending slow pitch umpires and the game shows that even you make mistakes, too.