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Here's a "reverse" rule question for you. Instead of answering a rule question from a coach, I thought that I would switch it around and have the umpire ask the question for the coaches to answer.
Sometimes umpires will make a call that seems so bad, a coach will definitely want to argue. But arguing might not get you anywhere and you want to do what's right for your team. Coaches, what would you do if this happened in your game?
Runner on second base. The base umpire is standing behind the shortstop. The batter swings and misses strike three. The pitch is not caught by the catcher and we have an uncaught third strike with the batter advancing toward first.
Runner from second advances toward third and catcher pumps a fake throw, then throws to first, wildly. The first baseman bobbles the ball and drops it. F3 then picks up the ball and stabs her foot at the bag, just ahead of the batter-runner.
Base umpire calls B/R out. The only problem is, it looks apparent to everybody on the field- except the umpire- that the fielder missed the bag with her foot.
You are the offensive coach and feel that the call has been blown and your runner should be safe.
What do you do now?
This one actually happened last night and the base umpire who blew the call was...me! I'll let you know what happened later. But if you're the coach, what is the best way to stand up for your team?
Sometimes umpires will make a call that seems so bad, a coach will definitely want to argue. But arguing might not get you anywhere and you want to do what's right for your team. Coaches, what would you do if this happened in your game?
Runner on second base. The base umpire is standing behind the shortstop. The batter swings and misses strike three. The pitch is not caught by the catcher and we have an uncaught third strike with the batter advancing toward first.
Runner from second advances toward third and catcher pumps a fake throw, then throws to first, wildly. The first baseman bobbles the ball and drops it. F3 then picks up the ball and stabs her foot at the bag, just ahead of the batter-runner.
Base umpire calls B/R out. The only problem is, it looks apparent to everybody on the field- except the umpire- that the fielder missed the bag with her foot.
You are the offensive coach and feel that the call has been blown and your runner should be safe.
What do you do now?
This one actually happened last night and the base umpire who blew the call was...me! I'll let you know what happened later. But if you're the coach, what is the best way to stand up for your team?