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I don't really care whether you've used the right words here or which sport you started working in...
There is NO RULE SET, in either sport, in which the infielder who happens to be near the center of the diamond (aka the pitcher) is penalized for touching the object from which he or she normally pitches when throwing to first base in order to retire a batter-runner. (Honestly, I'm surprised an experienced umpire in EITHER sport would even consider this a problem for even the shortest of moments). Hopefully someone somewhere will recognize that you, the umpire, have moved out from behind the plate and it will be obvious to SOMEone that there is no eminent pitch.
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Honestly, while you may be a bit bristled by the way the comments were delivered, if you want to be respected in this profession you should at least learn the correct words. The pitcher's plate or the circle are not umpire-ese. I tell you this for your benefit, discard if you must: If I was to hear my partner or another umpire around the water cooler call it "the mound" or "the rubber", my respectometer would immediately decrease several notches - and this is likely true for those you might work with one day.
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I now know one must be VERY careful on the terminology. Rita |
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Folks ignorant of the rules like the term "crow hop" and use it for almost everything they think is an illegal pitcher. In the opposite direction, I find that the TH doing softball on TV often mention "leaping" immediately upon any called IP before they even look at it on replay. A fair amount of time they are correct. However, there are times when while watching the replay, they talk about the "leap" when the it is evident that the pitcher replanted which is a crow hop, not a leap. But they rarely let the facts get in the way of a strong, yet incorrect, comment.
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Would you refer to an IP in a softball game as a balk if that is what the coach believes it is? Do you rule interference on an OBS call because that is what the players think it is? Nope, cannot agree with you. Next thing you know, you will be referring to R3 as the runner on 3B, R2 as the runner on 2B or R1 as the runner on 1B.
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Well... completely literally ... but in context - and with proper definitions in mind. What rule in what set do you see that can be misinterpreted to mean what you implied it to mean in the OP?
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Rita And a leap? You do know it is not the same thing as a crow hop, don't you?
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You know the difference, yet you refer to a "leap" as a replant because you think that is what the coaches believe?
Thanks for playing. We now return to our regular programming.
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The pitcher is not "the pitcher" at this point. He's just an infielder making a play during a live ball.
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See? I realize I'm relatively new to the sport but I do think that you all would be more encouraging to new people if you could patiently explain rather than rudely ridicule. Rita |
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