I can certainly relate, as I was umpiring a sectional game in Glassboro about a decade ago for the Little League Intermediate division (13u on a 50/70 field). I was doing the bases, and a kid hit a solo Home Run to left with no one on, and missed first base by several feet. The 1st base dugout was the defensive team, and as the kid was rounding the bases, that dugout is yelling to me "I hope you were paying attention blue". They did appeal missing first, I called the kid out, and all hell broke loose. The 1st base coach obviously didn't see it, but his argument was that I needed "be the star" and I'm "making sure everyone sees me".
You should have calmly explained that he’s ignorant of what your responsibilities are on this HR vs the first one then thrown his ass out as well.
Close...I explained it to the Head Coach (he was calm throughout, it was the assistants that were the problem).
That one is rough…just don’t see anything there. Assume he’s calling him for not coming set, but that was enough of a stop for me.This one is pretty rough…
BCHS falls short in regional baseball final, loses on balk call to Bellflower-St. John Bosco
With a four-run lead and nine outs left from its first regional baseball title, No. 2 Bakersfield Christian was primed to close out a dominant performance against top-seeded Bellflower-St. Johnwww.bakersfield.com
This one is pretty rough…
BCHS falls short in regional baseball final, loses on balk call to Bellflower-St. John Bosco
With a four-run lead and nine outs left from its first regional baseball title, No. 2 Bakersfield Christian was primed to close out a dominant performance against top-seeded Bellflower-St. John
When has a state changed a result? Most do not allow appeals, just ask Manasquan when they got royally screwed in the Group 2 boys basketball playoffs this year.
I thought a bit earlier he had a little head twitch toward first and maybe that was called.. but to wait for the pitch? Weird. Good thread of incompetent and/or corrupt officials.
Root cause of the issue was the swimmer not the official.
You made the right call. It's the rule, there's probably a good reason for the rule, and the other swimmers were complying...
In this case the infraction gave her an advantage over the other swimmers by allowing her to get into her turn faster, My older daughter was a very good breaststroker. She was taught to come into the wall as fast as she could, hit simultaneously with both hands and push offer into the turn. In all my years officiating I never thought the risk vs reward was worth it with regard to the swipe touch, At times swimmers would slow down slightly to make sure they timed it correctly.
Rule clearly states batter and runners must complete the action of taking the next base. Run would only count if the declared outs for not advancing resulted in less than 3 outs.
Maybe they each should have completed the play prior to celebrating. These kids must have gone to Plum Street's baseball camp where it's okay to ignore the rules so you can celebrate prematurely.
Umps made the right call…
Until it happens to their team/kid then they'll want the rules enforced.
Agreed. Coach from the other team was all over it, as was someone in the stands in the background. You can hear them saying “gotta touch the base.”
I really don't see that one as egregious...sure, with the benefit of slo-mo, he probably went. But it was a really close one, and I see no "shenanigans" at all with a 50/50 call going against someone.
Wouldn't the run count in a non force situation if it were scored prior to the infractions resulting in three outs on the field ?
If the runner was called out for missing a base in a non force situation it is a timing play and any runs scored prior to the appeal would count.
Yes. Timing play and out not recorded at time of infraction but time of the appeal.
