Tagup Responsibilities

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by ScottieRasberry

I had a situation where I would've loved to know the rule right off the top of my head last night. My base ump (the senior ump) told me that I had the catch and all tag ups. But when I was the plate ump, and lead runner at 2nd didn't tag up, and I was button hooking in on an outfield fly, and the pitcher appealed it, the plate ump pointed at ME, like it was MY call! Does anyone know any rules I can reference for this situation?

I'm going to assume that you're asking about ASA's mechanics (as opposed to something else like USSSA or NSA).

The mechanics I mentioned in this thread should apply to your situation. Study them, learn them. Fortunately, they're pretty easy. They're also on page 253 of your rule book.

In your specific situation, you had a runner at 2B (R1), and I'm assuming you had a runner (R2) on 1B (by the fact that you mention that R1 was a "lead runner"). The plate umpire should have R1, and the base umpire should have R2.

Now, I'm a little confused by the fact that in your post, you mention that you're the plate umpire, and that your partner was the plate umpire. Which is it?

Let's say you were the plate umpire and your partner was on the bases. If that's the case, then yes, the runner on 2B was yours. If you were on the bases and your partner was the plate umpire, then he should normally not have signaled to you UNLESS he didn't see it. He probably either got blocked or he screwed up somewhere. If he points to you on a call that was his, he's giving it up to you. If you didn't see it, call safe, don't call an out that you didn't see.

Just my two cents.