Question

Eventually the umpire is going to have to make a call here....... hopefully the young man will be ok and that his injury will not linger......

However, throwing the ball to first will ring up the 3rd out and no run will score.....

The ball was never thrown to first. Was time not automatically given when the coach stepped on the field?

as cruel as it may sound, under NFHS rules the umpire can not call time for an incapacitated player until no further advance or putout is possible.....

But it seems, the umpire in your game did, in effect, call time when he and the coach went to the aid of the injured player.....fine....not second guessing them.........best to err on the side of player safety....

......but somewhere here the umpire has to make a ruling......not sure what he did. But in effect the rule remains the same......Batter/runner is out, no run scores..........

I was the field umpire and when he asked me what to do, I told him I thought the batter was out and no run scored. One more question. There was a pitcher that engaged the rubber with his throwing hand and the ball in the glove while pitching from the set position. He then b rought his hands (together up to his chest (set position). He did not take his hand or the ball out of the glove until he was in his motion. Is this a balk?

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Originally posted by Cub Dad:
There was a pitcher that engaged the rubber with his throwing hand and the ball in the glove while pitching from the set position. He then b rought his hands (together up to his chest (set position). He did not take his hand or the ball out of the glove until he was in his motion. Is this a balk?

This is not allowed, but there is no way that I'm going to rule it a balk. This is one of those times when I'm going to tell him discreetly between oitched that he must engage the rubber with his hands seperated.