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Alright. I learned, well actually re-learned a rule today. I had forgot it but having the play happen and then the umpires making the call got me to thinking (which is a highly dangerous thing for me to do, just ask my wife).
Runners on 3rd base and 2nd base, 1 out. Batter hits a ground ball the the 1st baseman who fields the ground ball and heads down the foul line to intercept and tag the batter-runner. The batter-runner stops before the 1st baseman can get to her and takes a step back toward home base. Runner from 3rd base crosses the plate and the runner from 2nd base advances to 3rd base.
The plate umpire calls the batter-runner out. I knew this part. But, the plate umpire then puts the runners back on the bases that they started on.
I am sitting way down the 1st base foul line so we didn't hear the explaination so I had to go look-up the rule. The plate umpire had it totally correct. I had forgotten about the deadball portion of the rule. Read it many times but I had never really seen the rule used before.
Now here is the real kicker. The plate umpire was the UIC that I had an issue with the week before. It was a great play by the umpires.
Runners on 3rd base and 2nd base, 1 out. Batter hits a ground ball the the 1st baseman who fields the ground ball and heads down the foul line to intercept and tag the batter-runner. The batter-runner stops before the 1st baseman can get to her and takes a step back toward home base. Runner from 3rd base crosses the plate and the runner from 2nd base advances to 3rd base.
The plate umpire calls the batter-runner out. I knew this part. But, the plate umpire then puts the runners back on the bases that they started on.
I am sitting way down the 1st base foul line so we didn't hear the explaination so I had to go look-up the rule. The plate umpire had it totally correct. I had forgotten about the deadball portion of the rule. Read it many times but I had never really seen the rule used before.
Now here is the real kicker. The plate umpire was the UIC that I had an issue with the week before. It was a great play by the umpires.