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MLB PU calls Time during play

guest — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:55:36 GMT

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23446855&source=MLB&gid=2012_07_29_wasmlb_milmlb_1

Hello?? Here's one for discussion....

guest — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:57:10 GMT

So the third base umpire is responsible for making sure subs are legal? Rats are as rats do, in this case making the umpire responisible for any error the coach makes.

Lesson learned

guest — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:48:53 GMT

That's exactly what happened. This was the 3d out of the inning. As soon as I heard the "he ran into him" I got with PU. He says "The f&cker on 3d was just taking his time coming home so I stayed with him"

It really was on me, though. With R3 only, I really have the time to follow BR past F3.

Lesson learned

guest — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:46:19 GMT

Today had a men's wood bat league game - probably one of the best games I've ever done. Very good players - ex/current college players. R3, I'm in B. shot to right center gap. I watch BR touch and turn to find ball, which went to the fence. F8 retrieves and fires a strike to F6 to just gt BR. Wtf was it so close at 2d? I start hearing " He ran into the first baseman"! Rut-ro. I turn to PU. He was watching the touch of R3 at home, so he didn't see anything. Out stands with very minimal grumbling. I asked the F3 next inning and he confirms he brain locked and just stood there.

Lesson? Even at higher levels, never assume the players are going to do what they're supposed to. From now on I'll wait for the BR to clear F3 before looking for the ball. I'll still have time to find it, although I'll have less time to process something funky out there - ball stuck/under fence, quick really, etc.

What I also noticed, and probably contributed to my quick release of BR, was the pace of play. Lots of action and plays being made. Balls being hit HARD every inning. These are mostly D2/D3 players with a couple former A players mixed in. Makes me wonder how those lower minors umpires handle 2 man.

Hello?? Here's one for discussion....

guest — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:30:05 GMT

Why is it YOUR responsibility? Changes go through PU.

I'm not contesting the "nuttier than a squirrel turd" comment, tho - I've seen your work.....

Hello??

guest — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:27:41 GMT

Manny who?

Hand Signals

guest — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:52:09 GMT

As Mark has indicated, signals are a convention, decided upon by local association or simply between umpires prior to the game.

In my chapter, the umpire inside is instructed to return the signals to the plate to indicate awareness of the situation.

But your partner was correct in that his signals indicate what HE is going to do and your mechanics adjust accordingly.

Re: I messed up. What (if anything) do I do to fix it?

guest — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:06:30 GMT

Yikes! I haven't seen so many emoticons since my daughter was rouhly 11 and she was texting with all her other little friends.

That's known as "regression" Frank.

I messed up. What (if anything) do I do to fix it?

guest — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:40:28 GMT

Reminds of the time I was in Kutnow, working on a nuclear reactor as well as advising on an advanced mathematical model of the elliptical nature of the universe as applied to regenerating limbs lost in combat....

Christ! Isn't this a baseball rules forum?

Re: I messed up. What (if anything) do I do to fix it?

guest — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:31:28 GMT

You don't get that if an umpire leaves a concussed 12 year old on the field while letting action continue, regardless of the efficacy (or lack thereof) of getting to him 10 seconds sooner, it creates a perception to those in attendance that the umpire is unconcerned with the well-being of the child. You don't get that? And I'M the idiot? Sheesh.

And, in case you haven't noticed, and since you obviously haven't notice A LOT, i use the terms "rocket surgery" and "brain science" interchangeably. It's kind of a joke, Frank. Get it?

I get that you're a couple hundred years old and probably fought in the French-Indain war, but this is a Little league rules forum. We don't need your war stories.