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Since we’re in this thread I have another question from something that happened in one of my daughter’s games last year.  We were playing a game with only one ump.

We were in the last inning of a tight game with runners on 2nd and 3rd.  Our batter laid a bunt down and our runner on third got caught in a rundown. The catcher threw it into left field and our runner came into score.  The ump calls her safe, she runs into the dugout, and our next batter is coming up to the plate.

The opposing coach comes out of the dugout and proceeds to have a lengthy conversation with the umpire.  After a few minutes the ump calls our runner who scored out for running outside the base path.

What is the protocol for appealing a call when there is only one umpire?  I would think if he were going to call that he could have (or should have) called it as it occurred. The way it appeared was the coach talked him into the call.

That one has always bugged me.  It killed our rally and we went on to lose the game in the bottom half the inning.  My wife, who was an assistant, got tossed for arguing the call.  That was actually the best part.  I still give her crap for getting ran.

I'm not sure what the procedure is, either. Essentially, it revolves to how receptive said umpire is to a discussion. 

Base paths don't mean anything if the runner isn't being played upon by a fielder with the ball. Rundowns are hard to cover, because there are so many things that can go haywire, any one of which could send the players or managers totally off their handle.

My experience with infield fly isn’t that it’s called incorrectly but people misinterpret that the play is dead and runners can’t advance if the ball is dropped. I’ve seen a couple of parents throw fits because they didn’t know the rule.

I thought the rule was "advance at your own risk" ...

Braves: Spencer Strider's interview with kid reporter got hilariously strange (fansided.com)
Braves: Spencer Strider's interview with kid reporter got hilariously strange (fansided.com)

Speaking of baseball .....  supinated release?

I've been taking pitching lessons from Pete Smith of late (four so far, making major strikes), I'll ask him about this term.

I wish I could have learned this stuff 50 years ago.  Pete likes golf a lot and compares the two, 90% of this is half mental.

Since we’re in this thread I have another question from something that happened in one of my daughter’s games last year.  We were playing a game with only one ump.

We were in the last inning of a tight game with runners on 2nd and 3rd.  Our batter laid a bunt down and our runner on third got caught in a rundown. The catcher threw it into left field and our runner came into score.  The ump calls her safe, she runs into the dugout, and our next batter is coming up to the plate.

The opposing coach comes out of the dugout and proceeds to have a lengthy conversation with the umpire.  After a few minutes the ump calls our runner who scored out for running outside the base path.

What is the protocol for appealing a call when there is only one umpire?  I would think if he were going to call that he could have (or should have) called it as it occurred. The way it appeared was the coach talked him into the call.

That one has always bugged me.  It killed our rally and we went on to lose the game in the bottom half the inning.  My wife, who was an assistant, got tossed for arguing the call.  That was actually the best part.  I still give her crap for getting ran.

Appeals are really no different when then is one umpire vs two umpires.  I am surprised that an Umpire would overturn that type of call on appeal, I would think he would have observed the runner out of the baseline during the play and called her out at that time. 

When I was forced to work a game by myself because my partner didn't show up, I would always tell the coaches, I didn't want to hear anything about a close play at out in the field. The only complaint I want to hear is if I wasn't hustling to try to get into position to make the call. Working a higher level game by yourself is not fun. 

Thats only if the umps think you dropped it on purpose otherwise the ball is live and the runners are free to sta where they are or run to the next base but there is no force

It should be called while the ball is in the air, dropping it on purpose has zero effect on the call.

It should be called while the ball is in the air, dropping it on purpose has zero effect on the call.

you are wrong

I think it SHOULD be called once it is apparent an infielder could make the play with ordinary effort, which means while the ball is in the air.  I don't understand why it would be called after a catch is made, or muffed.  Now perhaps there are situations where it's a low popup, not a line drive, and there isn't time to make the call clear.