Had it messed up again at another huge tournament. This time runner on 2nd. Batter hits a hard ground ball 3rd base bobbles it and batter beats it out to first. Runner advances to third. Runner literally strolls around first base heading to second trying to induce the throw. First baseman walks the ball toward the circle. Umpire calls her out...coach asks to talk pointing out that the pitcher didn't even have the ball. Umpires realized their mistake but because they had stopped the play had to return runners to the corners. Why oh why is this rule sooo hard. Its a designed play. Nobody runs it better than our organization. Again these umpires were excellent overall. I'm blaming it on the heat. It's over 100 and everyone is a little wonky.
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What happens when you file a protest? It seems to me that in a tournament it is pointless because they are not going to replay any part of the game, if they even have a protest process.If a coach truly feels an umpire has a rule applied incorrectly AND either doesn't confer with partner or they two (or three) of them are still misapplying a rule, then the solution is a protest.
If I write an equation wrong on the board and a kid shows me the textbook and I made a mistake I don’t kick him out of class...just sayin
What happens when you file a protest? It seems to me that in a tournament it is pointless because they are not going to replay any part of the game, if they even have a protest process.
What happens when you file a protest? It seems to me that in a tournament it is pointless because they are not going to replay any part of the game, if they even have a protest process.
In the original post it said "on second base" which I took literally. If she's off the base when the pitcher gets control of the ball in the circle then the runner has one stop or change of direction then must immediately go to the next base or return.Details have gotten a bit fuzzy since then but I'm confident the runner had lead off from 2B on the next pitch and the catcher had thrown the ball back to pitcher in circle she's walking towards 2B to prepare for the next pitch, not to throw runner out, and I think since the runner saw the ball go that way and not towards 2B she left. This is where I got confused
That's interesting, I'll have to ask at the next event we play in, thanks.Depends on the alphabet and the situation. Most tourneys have protest protocols, usually it is UIC or TD gets a text/call to come and make a ruling on the spot.
Well OU isn’t exactly CalTech but it isn’t a room full of mad parents and coaches eitherYou don't teach in the cesspool that I teach in ... joking. Maybe. Maybe not.