B/r goes to 1st-but it's not a 3KD

Manny A · #1 (**permalink**) Fri May 02, 2014, 08:58am

FED Case Play 8.1.1.B directs the plate umpire to "forcefully announce that B2 is out" in this scenario when B2 is not allowed to advance to first base. I use that under all codes. Believe it applies to all.

MD Longhorn · #2 (**permalink**) Fri May 02, 2014, 09:07am

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Originally Posted by Manny A

FED Case Play 8.1.1.B directs the plate umpire to "forcefully announce that B2 is out" in this scenario when B2 is not allowed to advance to first base. I use that under all codes. Believe it applies to all.

Yes, but just once. Don't be that umpire that continually yells that the batter is out over and over. Call it. Once. Like you would any other play.

Rich · #3 (**permalink**) Sat May 03, 2014, 09:15am

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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Yes, but just once. Don't be that umpire that continually yells that the batter is out over and over. Call it. Once. Like you would any other play.

Maybe it's just a softball difference, but in baseball I will repeat it a few times forcefully at all levels up through NCAA. I'm preventing a problem for myself, mainly. I'll leave the ball live, of course, but I'm trying to stop F2 from throwing the ball to try to retire a BR that doesn't exist.

IRISHMAFIA · #4 (**permalink**) Sat May 03, 2014, 10:01am

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but I'm trying to stop F2 from throwing the ball to try to retire a BR that doesn't exist.

So you are coaching

Rich · #5 (**permalink**) Sat May 03, 2014, 10:05am

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

So you are coaching

No, I'm using preventive officiating. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Manny A · #6 (**permalink**) Sat May 03, 2014, 12:12pm

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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Yes, but just once. Don't be that umpire that continually yells that the batter is out over and over. Call it. Once. Like you would any other play.

I don't call it over and over. But I do say it twice for emphasis.

There are a few occasions that, with game management in mind, I repeat a call. On a dropped transfer at second base, I will emphasize the runner out twice to let everyone know I saw a voluntary release. On a foul ball where runners continue to run, I will repeat a foul call. I don't fly off the handle with extraneous antics or extra words like I've seen other umpires do. But it tends to get the point across.