These calls occured in a 11U travel game. First call was runner on second SS ran run out play breaking in front of runner with 2B breaking to bag on a inside move the runner tackles the SS (one of our coaches heard their coach tell his kids to do this before the game they had seen us run it earlier) the base umpire calls him out on the tag but the plate umpire over rules and calls interfernce on the SS awarding the runner 3rd. What is the proper call? Later the same plate umpire makes this call. Runners on 1st and 3rd the pitcher tries to fake move to third pick at first play the runner on first does not dive back recognizing the play on the throw to first it hits the runner in the back of his helmet and reflects into RF the plate umpire rules dead ball on the hit runner and returns the runner to third. But he is not finished a pitched balls hits the dirt about 1-3 inches from the batters foot and as the batter tries to hop the pitch it hits his cleats a bounces off with a runner advancing on the pitch he rules it is not a HBP because it hit the ground before it hit the batter. I may be way off but this guy has no business behind the plate.
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