wadeintothem wrote:PU's call
I usually agree with you Wade, but show me in any manual where it says this is the plate umpire's call. No way, this is PU's call, runners leaving early are always the BU's call.
wadeintothem wrote:PU's call
NEOUA Blue wrote:wadeintothem wrote:PU's call
I usually agree with you Wade, but show me in any manual where it says this is the plate umpire's call. No way, this is PU's call, runners leaving early are always the BU's call.
NEOUA Blue wrote:wadeintothem wrote:PU's call
I usually agree with you Wade, but show me in any manual where it says this is the plate umpire's call. No way, this is PU's call, runners leaving early are always the BU's call.
NEOUA Blue wrote:wadeintothem wrote:PU's call
I usually agree with you Wade, but show me in any manual where it says this is the plate umpire's call. No way, this is PU's call, runners leaving early are always the BU's call.
MTR wrote:It is the call of the umpire who observes the violation. It is no more a stretch for the PU to make this call than the PU calling a runner out (on appeal) for leaving 1B early on a caught fly ball to RF with the bases loaded even though it "isn't his call" by the book.
PDad wrote:Holy thread resurrection, BearFlagFan! Kudos for successfully finding this 5-year-old thread.
jonriv wrote:Isn't the real question do the runner leave early or not? Not who made the call?
BearFlagFan wrote:But when I have one of the top-ranked ASA officials telling me that was wrong and to never, ever, ever as the PU call a runner out for leaving too early in a 2-ump game, that's info worth sharing and discussing.