best way to call the game from behind pitcher?

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by BretMan

Having an umpire behind the pitcher would have been a step up in my game last night!

In the men's fastpitch league where I play, for some reason no umpire showed up at our field. We had the catcher's call balls and strikes, with surprisingly few grumbles. As it turned out, there weren't really any banger plays on the bases or any other weird situations where you'd need an umpire to step in and sort it out.

It was actually one of the smoothest games we've had all year.

Kind of reminds me of games we played in the empty lots when I was around 10 or 12 yrs old.

Do you play RF out if you are short players?
And of course ALL TIES GO TO THE RUNNER (as they should)

[BBUMP99]

The best way to umpire from behind the pitcher is, IMO, to be the base umpire in a baseball game in B or C position.

Now, if we're talking calling balls and strikes from behind the pitcher, thats a different story entirely....