Dumbest Thing a Player/Coach has said

[rwest]

What's the dumbest thing a player/coach has said during a game?

Mine was just last week. I'm PU in coed SP game. Ball hit down the first base line. It's going to be close whether it is fair or foul. I can't get on the line like I would like to because the runner and F3 were converging on first. So I take a step inside fair territory. Not the best mechanic I know, but it still gives me a good angle on the play. I would have been blocked if I was on the line. A step into foul territory would not have given me a better angle. The ball just hits the line on the foul side of the line. I point fair (between innings my base umpire confirmed the call). F10 is yelling..."Its foul. It hit the line!". Base umpire said he was complaining about it for a while after the call.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by rwest

What's the dumbest thing a player/coach has said during a game?

Mine was just last week. I'm PU in coed SP game. Ball hit down the first base line. It's going to be close whether it is fair or foul. I can't get on the line like I would like to because the runner and F3 were converging on first. So I take a step inside fair territory. Not the best mechanic I know, but it still gives me a good angle on the play. I would have been blocked if I was on the line. A step into foul territory would not have given me a better angle. The ball just hits the line on the foul side of the line. I point fair (between innings my base umpire confirmed the call). F10 is yelling..."Its foul. It hit the line!". Base umpire said he was complaining about it for a while after the call.

The line doesn't have a foul side.

I believe anytime I hear "The hands are part of the bat" - from whoever - it's the stupidest thing I hear that day.

But this one the other week struck me as particularly stupid. R1 on 3rd, batter draws a walk. Ball back to the circle, R1 is dancing. As soon as BR rounds first base to head to second, I look over and verify that R1 is still dancing. After calling her out and explaining why, coach says, "But that's what we teach her to do - she's only doing what we taught her." I could not stop the reply from coming out of my mouth - "Well, coach, that out's on you then."

[rwest]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

The line doesn't have a foul side.

Picky picky picky! I used that term to indicate which side of the line it hit. It hit the edge of the line closet to foul territory. Does that make you happy! The "foul side of the line" was just easier and quicker!

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by rwest

Picky picky picky! I used that term to indicate which side of the line it hit. It hit the edge of the line closet to foul territory. Does that make you happy! The "foul side of the line" was just easier and quicker!

[SWFLguy]

I remember as PU years ago having a foul tip and the runner on first steals second. The coach of the defensive team who had been in the business for years comes out and argues with me that since it was a "foul ball" the runner could not steal. Goes to show that coaching longevity does not always translate into rules knowledge.

[tcannizzo]

12-U player.
Pitch is high and outside.
Batter checks swing.
I call BALL.
Batter turns back to me and says, "Blue, did I go?"

[derwil]

Originally Posted by rwest

F10 is yelling..."Its foul. It hit the line!". Base umpire said he was complaining about it for a while after the call.

So what if it hit off the foul line and then hit the foul pole, would it then be fair or double foul?

[x-tremeump]

I had a left handed slapper with 2 strikes she holds the bat in the strike zone while running to the pitch makes contact and the ball rolls foul. I call the batter out for a third strike bunt foul. The coach said that there is no way his player bunted because he gave her the slap sign.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by derwil

So what if it hit off the foul line and then hit the foul pole, would it then be fair or double foul?

No, it would be a double fair ball, but only on Tuesday, at night, with a right handed batter and with a count of 3 balls and 2 strikes. Any other day or with a left handed batter or a different count and it would be foul!

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by rwest

No, it would be a double fair ball, but only on Tuesday, at night, with a right handed batter and with a count of 3 balls and 2 strikes. Any other day or with a left handed batter or a different count and it would be foul!

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Ill give anyone else on this board who recognizes that reference $5.....

Well played, rwest

[Andy]

I may have told this one before, but it fits here....

I'm working solo, 12u rec league....RH batter checks her swing as I call a ball.
Some smart-a** yells out...."go for help, Blue!"
I whip off my mask, step out, point at the first base coach, and say..."did she go?" He immediately yells back "YES!" and gives me a strike signal.....then realized what he had just done, the look on his face was priceless.

I just shrugged my shoulders, thought "OK", and ring up a strike on my indicator.

[Tru_in_Blu]

Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

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Ill give anyone else on this board who recognizes that reference $5.....

Well played, rwest

Sounds like classic Calvin & Hobbes.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

Sounds like classic Calvin & Hobbes.

Try again! Whose next?

[umpirebob71]

I was once told that a ball that was lined down the third baseline, and struck the left corner of the bag, couldn't be fair because "It hit the foul side of the bag, Blue!!!"

[rwest]

Originally Posted by umpirebob71

I was once told that a ball that was lined down the third baseline, and struck the left corner of the bag, couldn't be fair because "It hit the foul side of the bag, Blue!!!"

Watch it or mbcrowder will be on here telling you there is no such thing as the foul side of the bag! Oh, wait, that's your point! Never mind!