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Still loving Fall Ball
No more rules insanity like in the other thread...
Game was between the #2 and #3 14U teams in the league, close game, well pitched... yet somehow we have THREE look-back violations in the same inning, none of the "normal" variety. Sitch 1: R1 on first. Batter strikes out, R1 slowly walks to 2nd base as if it was a walk. Ball back to the pitcher. 2nd baseman says, "it wasn't a walk, you have to go back." and she does. OUT. Sitch 2: bottom of same inning. Bases loaded, pitch is a ball making the count 3-2. R3 starts trotting to 2nd, gets halfway, stops, turns around and asks the umpire if that was 4 balls. OUT. Sitch 3: bases reloaded. Pitch is a strike making it 3-2. R2 this time hangs her head and starts to walk toward her dugout (3B), stops midway, faces the pitcher with her hands on her hips with at "wth" look on her face. BU gives her a lot of "deciding which way to go leeway" before calling her out. |
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Again, it may be you left out the part I consider critical; or maybe we differ on the rule application. Asking for clarification. |
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Your situation 1 brings up an interesting point. F4 told her she had to go back. Watched a high school game with a very similar situation, was a hit and run, batter missed ball, catcher throws down to F6 but throw is way late. F6 standing there with the ball says, that was a foul ball, you have to go back, runner steps off bag and F6 tags her. Do we have verbal obstruction or just a dumb move base runner?
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I'm going to ask about #2 in the OP:
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I understand that "immediately proceed" after the stop is strictly umpire judgement, and I wasn't there to see the play, just looking for some further description. I'm pretty sure that Mike has a good grasp of the lookback rule, he didn't say whether it was him or his partner that made this call. |
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