MTR wrote:soupy62 wrote:Im no umpire but the way i understand it is the fielder in an attempt to field a throw can be in the basepath, contact by the runner sliding to the bag causing the fielder to not be able to field the ball (as long as intent wasnt determined) would be a bang bang thing and no call made.
No, if the defender doesn't of possession of ball, it is OBS.
You would think, right ?
Field Ump : " She doesn't need to have possession of the ball, she was trying to catch it and dropped it ... So, she did have possession "
I said : "trying to catch and dropping a ball is not possession ... the ball was on the ground and she was laying on top of my base runner "
This went back and forth and then I asked him to go to the plate Blue for help, the Plate Blue said :
" The out stands. The defender can be anywhere on the field and does not have to have possesssion of the ball. "
I said " She was in the runners base path without possession of the ball, thereby impeding her progress ... and then layed on her without possession of the ball "
Plate Blue : " She was trying to catch the ball and can be anywhere on the field if she is trying to catch the ball "
* the next sound you here is that of me crossing the line " You got to be kidding me ? .. Do you even know what obstruction is ? Why don't you go home and open the rule book for a change "
Remarkably, he allowed me to stay in the game even after I approached him in between innings - He was visble still worked up and said:
"Your are not going to make me say that I will open the rule book ... She can be anywhere on the field and does not have to have possesssion of the ball, ... it was in her glove and fell out ... she had the ball and tagged her out....that's what I saw, it's a matter of opinion "