gapps umpire for EMR vs ice 14

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McQueen,

I am sure that Bretman will correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand it, the proper umpire mechanics for a delayed dead ball (which obstruction is) is to let the play finish, make the proper call on the play as it happened (in your case the runner was tagged before she got to the plate, so OUT) and then enforce the penalty/award for the infraction after the play is completely over. It sounds to me as if the umpire did what he/she is supposed to do.

 

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The recommended way to call this is:

- Signal and verbally announce obstruction when it happens.

- If the obstructed runner is tagged out, instead of calling the out, call and signal "dead ball".

- Make whatever award is necessary to negate the effects of the obstruction.

Calling the out first doesn't change the result of the play or the obstruction call, but it can add some confusion to the call.

This is, of course, when the obstruction and the play are being called by the same umpire. It is possible for one umpire to call the obstruction and then have the other umpire making the call on the tag play.

For example, runner on first base, a ball hit to the outfield, obstruction called by the base umpire on the runner from first base, then having the plate umpire come up the line to third base to make the tag call on that runner.

The plate umpire may have been watching the ball in the outfield and missed the base umpire's obstruction call, or would no way of knowing if the base umpire was protecting the runner to second or third base.

In this case, the plate umpire would call the tag play safe or out, then the base umpire would reiterate the obstruction call after the play and make any base awards.

 

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My first heated discussion with a coach , was when my dd started playing at 10U and they were teaching the catcher to block the plate and then catch the ball. So if coaches are coming from baseball and teaching catchers to block the plate, this might be the reason we see so much of this.

 

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My first heated discussion with a coach , was when my dd started playing at 10U and they were teaching the catcher to block the plate and then catch the ball. So if coaches are coming from baseball and teaching catchers to block the plate, this might be the reason we see so much of this.

Imagine the sound a whistle makes on a train as that is the runner heading down the track either feet first or head first and the train wreck is going to happen until some coaches change their tactics of blocking the plate prior to having the ball. We see this happen on the bases when going to metal spikes as in years gone by they blocked the plate and did not suffer much damage from the train wreck....it is a different game with spikes and the tactics must be changed to avoid the damage. Some of these coaches know what they are telling the catchers to do is going to cause problems and it goes both ways in my opinion.

Letting the umpire be the final judge means you are in putting your faith in them knowing the rules however most likely someone got hurt doing it so you could make your point!

Baseball and softball is a game played by kids however it is orchestrated and run by adults and adults do not like to loose to kids or other adults!

 

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The obstruction should be called 1st then the play would be called
if you would have seen the call then the time it took to call obstruction (both by the plate umpire) i think you would understand the frustration I have.
that is all I have.
congrats to the ICE they are a quality team and I wish them luck the rest of the season.