After a runner scored, he set up on the 3rd base extended line to
direct a following runner to stay up or slide. The throw to F2 was
off-line and hit the runner who had scored. He was attempting to avoid
the throw but couldn't get out of the way. I had the plate and did not
consider it interference, but later my partner insisted that, unlike a
base coach, he had no right to be there and it would be interference if
he affected the play. Well, if so, it would have to be dead
immediately, before seeing if the play was affected, but I cannot find
any support in the rules. What do you think? Thanks.
In a LL Junior game, I had a plate umpire give a "warning" to the SS not to pound his fist into his glove when darting behind a runner at second base. He...
Oddly, this is something I used to worry about when I first started, 20 years ago. Umpiring is so much easier when you don't worry about things you don't...
... Pros do it. It's not done on a pickoff attempt. It's done other times to get the runner to move back or lean toward 2B, slowing his ability to advance....
I always taught my infielders not to do that for the simple reason that they are telling the runner where they are. I always taught my runners to ignore the...
... What's wrong with telling the runner where they are? It can force the runner to hesitate or move back toward the bag. Just what you want him to do. If...
So what you are saying is that if they are slapping then no pick-off, you just trying to move them back. If you aren't slapping you are trying to pick and the...
... MAYBE! THEN AGAIN MAYBE WE'LL SLAP AND PICK. ... NOT NECESSARILY! MAYBE NOTHING IS GOING ON. ... Do you really think coaches are so dumb they'd telegraph...
After a runner scored, he set up on the 3rd base extended line to direct a following runner to stay up or slide. The throw to F2 was off-line and hit the...
He is an "authorized person" and must interfere intentionally for interference to be called. What you described was not intentional interference. Instead, he...
What about rule 7.09(e) (e) Any batter or runner who has just been put out, or any runner who has just scored, hinders or impedes any following play being made...
Just keep in mind such interference must be intentional or blatant and avoidable. Otherwise every runner who has scored or put out would be plunked along with...
From J/R: "This section invovles interference by offensive team personnel other than the batter during a pitch, the batter-runner, runners, or base coaches --...
You said the throw was offline. I don't see why the defense should be bailed out on a bad throw. One reason the interference has to be intentional. Rita...
I'm in your camp on this one.? The real question comes down to whether the runner who scored is entitled to remain on the field to direct following runners.?...
R1, no outs. Ground ball to F6, who flips to F4 to start the front end of a DP. F4's throw goes wild, and the BR continues to second. F2 tracks down the...
Ahhh, the Neophyte Rules Nazi. So many of us have gone there before proper training and experience ! LOL And sometimes the rules are made up too ! ... From:...
What did the base umpire say about it? Frankly, this guy is making stuff up. There is no rule anywhere that says this is illegal. Any runner who gets...
The plate umpire was an "experienced" umpire that was new to our district and the base umpire was the UIC for the league hosting the game (the host league's...
I have a lot of "experienced" umpires working in my area, however, that doesn't mean they know the rules or they learned the rules from a previous Smitty who...
Well............ Jerry................ as you know from you time in D62 there is "experience" meaning the number of years an umpire may have been doing rules...
Of course, there's always the extreme... Last night in a tournament game, I saw F6 sneak up behind R2 and loudly popped his glove right in R2's ear. I was...
Yes... but only if they're regular corrective lenses, because *everybody* knows that pitchers can't wear sunglasses! TG CA - D3 ... From: Jerry McKissack...
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