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And it is nothing new. Same direction I received a quarter of a century ago long before I became a UIC and clinician.
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You know, umpires are not rules makers, yet we constantly run into umpires who want to adjust rules to their beliefs or convenience.
The purpose of an OBS ruling is to negate the OBS, not give a runner free pass until s/he stops or gets put out. A misplay of a thrown ball @ third, or anywhere else for that matter, has ZIP to do with an OBS at 1B, This is why the determination should be made based upon the, and I hate using this term as it's meaning has become so convoluted in this game, initial play by the defense..
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So if the BR makes contact with a clueless F3 as she rounds first on a gapper, and you decide at that moment she is going to be protected only to second base, but she keeps going to third and gets tagged out on the F9 to F4 to F5 relay:
A. By an eyelash B. By 15 feet It doesn't matter, and we rule her out? Well then, good luck convincing the OC that the BR would never have made third minus the obstruction.
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IDK whether reliability or consistency is improved by making the judgment of "single", "double", "triple",... , but those that teach umpiring clinics apparently believe it is. Besides, if you are making calls based on your ability to convince the coach....
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Well? Was that the "initial play" by the defense? Nonetheless, we're told by those that should know that using "by how much distance she was out" as your deciding factor is not a reliable indicator, and this can go both ways. As I wrote above, your 15 feet may sound like a dead duck out even with the OBS, but that distance likely would have been covered by the runner in under a second.
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We don't need to convince the coach of anything. "In my judgement..." |
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H E PISSING INTO > W I N D I give up.
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