quote:Originally posted by Saints9:
Just a quick questions for all you umpires out there. My son, 14, is umping for the local pitching machine league. He said some comments were made that he was calling baserunners out "too early". These situations are when a throw is made to a base (force out) and the fielder on the base catches the ball and he makes the out call "before" the runner makes it to the bag. Technically, should he make the call or wait on the runner.
MrUmpSire; said it best: "Nothing good can come of making calls too quickly."
I saw a kid lace "strike 3" into RF once for a DBL. U1 was way to quick on his strike calls, I'm not kidding he had about Str..out of his mouth and his RH about waist high, rip..
If somebodies really "noticing" him being quick, he just might be. Just tell him to make sure "it's still an out", before he calls it.
Ever notice the ML guys ring up the 3rd out on a not close play at 1B. Maybe not, if your watching it on the tube, we're already to the commercial break by the time they signal. So somewhere betwen where he's at now and those guys outta be fine.