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RE: [WRLLUmpires] Re: Umpire's questions

Tony,
 
It's usually a Bat Grin........ and a nod of the head!  LOL
 
Barry
CA D62
-----Original Message-----
From: anthonystockfish [mailto:t3dfish@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:46 AM
To: WRLLUmpires@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WRLLUmpires] Re: Umpire's questions

You mean to tell me that you don't have a batring to give the bat signal???
:)
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Tony
CA D55

--- In WRLLUmpires@yahoogroups.com, "Lee Batterman" <batman@...> wrote:
>
> I would be very carefull in the hand sign you use for "Let's Talk".  Use
> NOTHING that a manager or coach can pick up on as you rebuking your
> partner for a call.  Tapping the chest seems a bit overt, especially if
> it's done right after a questionable call.  On the VARY RARE occasion
> where I feel the need to instruct my partner on how to do his job during
> a game (how pompus can one get anyway), between innings, I will move to
> the foul line and toward him, while I wave him over.
>
> BATMAN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry Schubel"
> To: WRLLUmpires@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WRLLUmpires] Re: Umpire's questions
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:00:43 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
>
> How do you give the "we need to talk" sign without making him look
> bad?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> I don't know what the rest of you use, but we have a signal for just
> that. Both hands tap the chest means "I want to talk to you".
>
> I should have clarified before too, in the original stitch, I'd tell
> the PU what I saw, but I wouldn't make any call overriding the PU. In
> the stitch, it's still the PU's call to me.
>
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I was out of town this weekend, and unable to work the beginning of the tournament. I had a umpire ask me a question on a couple of plays during the games they...
Gary Bonetti
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Jun 29, 2009
10:17 pm

Number one is an error by the catcher that caused the ball to be deflected off the umpire and out of play. That is a simple base award, not INT by the plate...
Scott Steinmetz
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Jun 29, 2009
10:28 pm

Scott makes several good points in his note.  However, the one I want to address is...  The PU (or any umpire having a situation) making some kind of call. ...
Lee Batterman
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Jul 1, 2009
5:19 pm

I am sure that I am correct about umpire's interference not applying to this situation. How do you back up your call besides saying the rule doesn't apply in...
Jay
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Jun 30, 2009
12:24 am

I had this exact situation during the regular season. A 2yr major umpire doing the plate and did not call interference. I just gave the "we need to talk" sign,...
Paul E. Brown
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Jun 30, 2009
12:54 am

How do you give the "we need to talk" sign without making him look bad? ________________________________ From: Paul E. Brown <res07snc1@...> To:...
Gary Bonetti
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Jun 30, 2009
4:02 am

Sometimes the BU needs to make a call on the batter because the PU couldn't see it for some reason. Should the BU help out on this call without being asked by...
Henry Schubel
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Jun 30, 2009
4:54 am

... The proper call by a Field Umpire on a batted ball that hits the batter is.... "TIME." The ball is "dead" because a batted ball hit ... Therefore, the PU...
Andy Millon
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Jun 30, 2009
6:25 am

How do you give the "we need to talk" sign without making him look bad? ... I don't know what the rest of you use, but we have a signal for just that. Both...
Henry Schubel
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Jun 30, 2009
5:00 am

I had it happen tonight Junior level Batter swung pitch went straight down catcher came up blocked my view. My reg partner killed it right away.Thanks alot for...
Joe Chipponeri
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Jun 30, 2009
5:28 am

... Umpires are part of the playing field and except for specific situations that are specifically described in the rules, remain part of the playing field....
Andy Millon
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Jun 30, 2009
6:35 am

NO...  mostly.  A Bat or Batter hit by a batted ball is an ACCEPTABLE call by the BU if discussed in the parking lot prior to the game.  However...  it's...
Lee Batterman
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Jul 1, 2009
5:31 pm

I would be very carefull in the hand sign you use for "Let's Talk".  Use NOTHING that a manager or coach can pick up on as you rebuking your partner for a...
Lee Batterman
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Jul 1, 2009
5:39 pm

You mean to tell me that you don't have a batring to give the bat signal??? ... Sorry, couldn't resist. Tony CA D55...
anthonystockfish
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Jul 1, 2009
5:46 pm

Tony, It's usually a Bat Grin........ and a nod of the head! LOL Barry CA D62 ... From: anthonystockfish [mailto:t3dfish@...] Sent: Wednesday, July 01,...
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Jul 1, 2009
6:03 pm

Why are we assuming we "want to talk" about a questionable call? I might just want to ask my partner to keep an eye on the pitcher because I thought I saw hand...
Henry Schubel
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Jul 8, 2009
3:31 pm

Perception is Reality...  One of the 1st rules of good Umpiring. A gesture indication you wish to speak to your partner right after a questionable call... ...
Lee Batterman
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Jul 9, 2009
3:40 am

Excellent advice Bat. The same for talking to your partner after a close (and I don't believe Bat makes bad calls) call. Wait several innings before talking....
llcad33
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Jul 9, 2009
6:48 am

We were originally talking about hand signals.   How this evolved into "a hand signal after a questionable call" I can't see.   Didn't happen.     The...
Henry Schubel
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Jul 13, 2009
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TAKE ME OFF THIS PLEASE ... From: Henry Schubel <hschubel@...> Subject: [WRLLUmpires] Re: Umpire's questions To: WRLLUmpires@yahoogroups.com Date:...
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