The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Softball
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #11 (permalink)  
Old Fri Oct 02, 2009, 08:33am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Land Of The Free and The Home Of The Brave (MD/DE)
Posts: 6,425
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch View Post
Long hit down the 3B foul line, stays in the air. LF running like a bat out of hell towards it. I'm PU (slow-pitch, 2-umpire), and running down the 3B line to watch where the ball is contacted. The ball is clearly over foul territory when LF tries to catch it, instead it hits his glove and falls to the ground. Of course, LF is in fair territory (I know, but bear with me). I give the foul ball call. Offense goes nuts, saying that LF was in fair territory therefore the ball has to be fair. I explained to them that it all depends on the ball's location when it's contacted by LF. They don't believe me, so they went to my partner. He confirmed my ruling. Ahhhh...the joys of being right.
My only HS coach ejection was just like this (assistant coach running on the field abusively insulting us).

Of course, they also claimed I didn't make the call immediately (before the ball hit the ground).
__________________
Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Fall Ball Sportsmanship stmaryrams Baseball 33 Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:08pm
A Season on the Brink... Fall Ball TussAgee11 Baseball 16 Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:20pm
Fall ball Hoosier_Dave Softball 28 Tue Aug 29, 2006 09:52am
Fall Ball ASA/NYSSOBLUE Softball 7 Mon Sep 12, 2005 08:47pm
New Rules I learned scottk_61 Softball 10 Tue Jul 20, 2004 01:52pm


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:29am.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1