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  1. The balk as called was not a balk under the NFHS rules as discussed at length above.
  2. I started this thread, and at the time all of this happened, I was standing 15 feet from home plate looking directly down the third base line. As I said in my first post, "From that angle it looked like the ball crossed directly over the bag before going into foul terrotory, and thus, SHOULD have been called a fair ball. The problem is the umpire whose call it was screams "foul ball" and waves it foul. " It happened exactly as I said it happened, and this is no "fishing story." I thought the home plate umpire got the foul ball call right, but his partner down the line called it foul. Now, the balk call is a different story......
  3. Apparently, after the game, the home plate umpire went to his vehicle, pulled out his rule book, read both the foul ball and balk rules, called his supervisor and told him he had cost a team a chance to win a game because he had blown two calls back to back to provide one team the winning run. The supervisor called the high school and explained the umpire was very upset. Of course, nothing could be done to correct the errors made or the result. While it is admirable that the umpire took ownership of the situation, it is a shame when six seniors that took their lickings as freshman starters work hard for 3 years have the chance to move on lost because in one five minute period of time, two easy calls are missed not because of physical mistakes on the part of the umpires, but because they did not know the rules and would not listen to those who did know the rules. The umpires did not see the call wrong, they simply did not know the rules and how to apply them.
  4. I was standing about 15 feet from home plate looking directly down the 3rd base line. From that angle it looked like the ball crossed directly over the bag before going into foul terrotory, and thus, SHOULD have been called a fair ball. The problem is the umpire whose call it was screams "foul ball" and waves it foul. In my years of coaching, if any umpire calls it foul, it IS foul and a dead ball because the advantage gained by the batting team would be too great. As I mentioned earlier, the 3rd base umpire went running down the line calling it foul and waving his arms to indicate dead ball. While it would be ideal for the outfielder to continue to play the ball, I cannot fault a high school player for believing the closest umpire when he yells foul ball. The balk occurred after that runner was bunted to 3rd. With an 0-2 count, Livingston Academy's hitter stepped in to the box, waited until the pitcher was mid-way through his delivery and jumped out of the box, waving his arms and screaming "TIME TIME TIME." Notre Dame's pitcher did not complete his delivery. Thus, the balk was called.
  5. In the Notre Dame-Livingston Academy game, the score is tied 2-2 in the 8th. We have three umpires handling this game. One is stationed down the third base line about ten feet from the bag. Livingston Academy's batter hits a grounder down the left field line, and the third base umpire screams "foul ball" and waves his arms indicating the ball was foul. The home plate umpire points fair, but does not say anything. Notre Dame's left fielder, hearing "foul ball" does not play the ball. Livingston Academy runner takes second. Home plate umpire and third base umpire converse. Then they call over the first base umpire who had no angle whatsoever. They then say that the ball was fair and the runner remains at second. He, of course, scored the winning run on a balk. Thoughts?
  6. No disrespect to Central intended. I was just reporting the results!
  7. Notre Dame beats Signal Mountain 6-3 to repeat as District champs
  8. East Hamilton was eliminated by Central
  9. Notre Dame repeats as District 7-AA Champions. East Hamilton lost to Central.
  10. Some good games tonight. Notre Dame plays Signal Mountain for the 7-AA district title and East Hamilton plays Central. East Hamilton was upset last night by Red Bank. Any other good games tonight?
  11. Notre Dame beat Sequatchie again 5-3 and moves on.
  12. Notre Dame beat Sequatchie 6-0 tonight
  13. Signal swept Sequatchie, giving Signal and Notre Dame the top two spots. Notre Dame may have the deepest pitching staff of all the teams in the district which pays off in the tournament.
  14. Thanks for your replies. The ball was probably not easily catchable as is required for application of the rule. However, neither the field umpire, who called out the runner advancing to third, or the home plate umpire made any audible call of "infield fly", nor did either make the standard point upward sign. The home plate umpire remained silent and made no sign at all (I was standing about ten feet behind him) until he walked out to chat with his partner a full three minutes after the play was over. They then discussed the play for two minutes and issued their amended call. The home plate umpire told the Notre Dame coach that he made the call at the time of the play, which he clearly did not do, and which no one, including his umpire partner, East Hamilton's coach or I heard or saw from ten feet away. The next batter drove in the two runs that were now in scoring position to win the game.
  15. In the East Hamilton-Notre Dame game, it was the 9th inning, men on 1st and 2nd, one out. Ball popped up not very high between second base and pitcher's mound. Pitcher did not know where the ball was, and 2nd and short didn't have a play on the ball. Ball hits turf, infielder picks ball up and fires to third. Field umpire, not having called infield fly rule, calls out the runner advancing to third on a force. East Hamilton head coach Garland goes ballistic, not arguing that the infield fly rule was in effect, but that the third baseman pulled his foot off the bag. Field umpire tells him that the third baseman had his foot on the bag and head coach discuss this for awhile with head coach making the international sign for "He pulled his foot off the bag." Finally, plate umpire (who never made a call at all) strolls out, discusses with the field umpire and they decide that the runner advancing to third is safe, but the runner going to first is out on the infield fly rule call. Home plate umpire then says that he made the infield fly call, which he didn't. No player, coach or his umpire partner heard him do so. Thoughts?
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