Out for leaving base during timeout?

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by Bandit

Can anyone say "over-officiating".

See, I don't see that as applying here. To me, OOO (over-officiating) is looking for boogers to apply a rule and penalty enforcement to, when good game management would have the vast majority of officials handling the booger a different way.

If this report is accurate, there was a violation expected to be enforced with a prescribed penalty (charged offensive conference); but this umpire/crew apparently made up its own penalty (runner is out).

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

See, I don't see that as applying here. To me, OOO (over-officiating) is looking for boogers to apply a rule and penalty enforcement to, when good game management would have the vast majority of officials handling the booger a different way.

If this report is accurate, there was a violation expected to be enforced with a prescribed penalty (charged offensive conference); but this umpire/crew apparently made up its own penalty (runner is out).

I agree. OOO is officiating BY the book instead of WITH the book, trying to impress all with your knowledge of something obscure, and making the game about you.

This sitch is not OOO --- it's simply bad officiating.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

This sitch is not OOO --- it's simply bad officiating.

OOBO is even worse!!!

[UmpireErnie]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

OOBO is even worse!!!

Not to be confused with OBOO which of course is Over Batting Out of Order.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by UmpireErnie

Not to be confused with OBOO which of course is Over Batting Out of Order.

Don't know if we will ever get over batting out of order.........