Out or safe at second base ?
May 14, 2017 12:24:15 #
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May 15, 2017 06:38:23 #
May 15, 2017 08:53:13 #
DELTA777 wrote:
Well if that is a hand touching the base then he's safe.
Are you in trouble. The, he is a she and yes she is safe.
May 15, 2017 09:17:20 #
jerryc41 wrote:
The big "If." Flip a coin.
As a former High School a College umpire you do not have that luxury, a quote from an umpire from the 40's said "They either is or they ain't". You do not have the ability to flip that coin, even in your head, you have to make the call and make it demonstratively positive and stand by it. One of the things I have really enjoyed is the replay in MLB it shows that the umpires are right a little more than 50% of the time in all calls challenged. In 2016 there were only 1279 challenges but think of all of the calls that were made by the umpires in that year. There are 2430+ games played each year with around 75 challengeable calls per game, or 182,250+ per year. That is only .7% of the calls made for the year, not bad for a game of inches. Umpires are human too, so cut them some slack. The total number of errors by the players in 2015 was 2829 so better than 4 times more errors by the players than overturned calls by the umpires.
May 15, 2017 09:23:06 #
Reminds me of a story where in a major league game the umpire called the runner safe but signaled out. The runner got up brushed himself off and said "well I heard you say safe but you signaled out which is it?" The umpire said "you heard me say safe but 40,000 fans saw the out signal, what do you think?"
May 15, 2017 10:49:01 #
Just a suggestion....Open up your aperture to blur the background a bit. Best of luck.
May 15, 2017 11:22:55 #
May 15, 2017 13:04:37 #
3 behind-the-plate umpires:
Ump #1: " I call 'em as I see 'em."
Ump #2: "I call 'em as they is."
Ump #3: "They ain't nothin' until I call 'em."
Ump #1: " I call 'em as I see 'em."
Ump #2: "I call 'em as they is."
Ump #3: "They ain't nothin' until I call 'em."
May 15, 2017 13:14:17 #
Not sure about the first 2 but # 3 is by Bill Klem, MLB Umpire. 36 years of umpiring. I always liked the book title by Harry "Steamboat" Johnson "Standing the Gaff" great book about umpiring minor league baseball. Another longtime umpire.
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