HS SB Incident Report

[tidefanintenn]

my first comment would be:

Coach we have a dead ball swinging strike 3 for the out. When coach brings up foul, I would then explain to him 1 time " Coach by rule if a pitched ball hits a player we have a dead ball. Also by rule if the batter is swinging at the pitch we also have a dead ball strike.

If my partner intercedes without me asking him. I will not do much other than tell him he is incorrect that the rule is and as I qouted above.

When assistant coach starts in and I tell him I have already ruled and it is not changing. I stop the pitcher warming up and ask the head coach to find me someone else to warm up the pitcher as his assistant is no longer a part of this game.



Report would be short and sweet. Assistant coach was ejected after continuing to argue a call after being requested to stop.

[SRW]

Andy, what is it you're looking for here? How to deal with the reporting umpire, or the partner, or how to advise the crew, or what?

[Andy]

Originally Posted by SRW

Andy, what is it you're looking for here? How to deal with the reporting umpire, or the partner, or how to advise the crew, or what?

All of the above....I have already responded to the PU that submitted the report and am having one of our other staff talk to the BU.

I have basically covered with the PU all that has been said by all of you. I put it out there just to get reaction and to see if anybody came up with something I may have not thought of.

To update the situation, I received a report from the coach in question....his version of the incident is similar, but not the same as the PU. The coach's report describes that the initial call was the batter swinging and hitting the ball which then came back and hit her bat a second time while she was still in the batter's box. FYI...the head coach and the asst coach are wife and husband. Wife is a teacher at the school and the listed head coach, but husband does most of the coaching...and he can be a pain that thinks he knows all the rules and exactly how umpires should behave. He also wants his $500. I have a call into PU to try to get more details...

Regardless, there is plenty that both sides could have done different to handle the situation.