2022 College Baseball thread

[hogsrunwild]

I don’t think we could score 27 on a high school team.

[papermill]

That was the final.

Thanks, the note said b9, so I wondered if MSU came back.

[Thin Red Swine]

I don’t think we could score 27 on a high school team.

We could, dammit.   

But we’d somehow bumble into losing 29-27. 

[Barton Fink]

Wow

https://twitter.com/Coach_JHendrick/status/1528147276283187201?t=EaKQffn0rKyskGBU1kYy6A&s=19

[bleedinred]

Run into the infielder…interference and safe at some base.

Run into an umpire…out!

What a crazy world we live in.

[hogsrunwild]

I never saw the replay of the actual contact.  Where exactly was the umpire when contact occurred?

[Show-Me Hog]

Wow

https://twitter.com/Coach_JHendrick/status/1528147276283187201?t=EaKQffn0rKyskGBU1kYy6A&s=19

I'm not sure what the coach is so pissed about since I've known the rule "the ump is part of the field" ever since I played baseball. Does he not know the rules?

[bleedinred]

I never saw the replay of the actual contact.  Where exactly was the umpire when contact occurred?

https://mobile.twitter.com/bigdonkey47/status/1528485752027418628

[DirkPiggler]

I'm not sure what the coach is so pissed about since I've known the rule "the ump is part of the field" ever since I played baseball. Does he not know the rules?

Rule 9.01 (c) Each umpire has authority to rule on any point not specifically covered in these rules.

Umpire interference with a base runner is not covered within the rules.  The only times umpire interference is mentioned are 1) when umpire interferes with catcher trying to throw, or 2) when batted ball hits umpire.

As such, 9.01 (c) applies.  The umpire had the ability to make a judgment call to correct his effect on the play.  He could have awarded the batter second base, since he would've easily made it that far.  He could have given him first base, as that was the last base he had occupied safely before the contact.  Or he could allow the results of the play to stand, knowing that his own incompetence had cost a team the chance at winning their final game of the season.  He chose...poorly.

[Show-Me Hog]

Rule 9.01 (c) Each umpire has authority to rule on any point not specifically covered in these rules.

Umpire interference with a base runner is not covered within the rules.  The only times umpire interference is mentioned are 1) when umpire interferes with catcher trying to throw, or 2) when batted ball hits umpire.

As such, 9.01 (c) applies.  The umpire had the ability to make a judgment call to correct his effect on the play.  He could have awarded the batter second base, since he would've easily made it that far.  He could have given him first base, as that was the last base he had occupied safely before the contact.  Or he could allow the results of the play to stand, knowing that his own incompetence had cost a team the chance at winning their final game of the season.  He chose...poorly.

I guess I am thinking more of football, maybe. We've all seen videos of a ref helping make a tackle (ball carrier runs into him) or preventing a tackle (nice block ref). Play just moves on. Ref is part of the field.

This feels like that since there was physical contact.

[DirkPiggler]

I guess I am thinking more of football, maybe. We've all seen videos of a ref helping make a tackle (ball carrier runs into him) or preventing a tackle (nice block ref). Play just moves on. Ref is part of the field.

This feels like that since there was physical contact.

No, I would think you're right in that he had that option.  It just wasn't the best one, or the fairest.  The rule I cited gives umpires leeway to deal with problems outside the norm.   

Had he done as I suggested and granted the hitter first base (or even second), it's not like he was handing NSU the victory.  The next batter could've made an out and ended the game the same way.  The choice he made effectively took the game out of the players' hands.

[bleedinred]

I wonder what effect the runner continuing on had on the thought process. Had he returned to first he would have been safe. He was tripped a couple of feet past first.  Seems the runner decided to go for it but didn’t have to.

Not saying that is right call.

[DrMongoose]

Two questions come to mind
1) what was that Ump doing at first? You have the play a 1,000 times a season. Awful mechanics or horrid brain fart. In a 3 man crew you move even less, dude was way out of position and his sole responsibility there is that runner so what is he watching and doing ?

2) why did the runner try to advance to 2nd after the collision? Did he think he was protected to do so? Did the first base coach tell him to go? That was not a good decision.

[Show-Me Hog]

This one is cool. Scoring from 2nd on a sac fly. And it's major college baseball, Georgia Tech v Pitt.

https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+georgia+tech+sac+fly+second+base&sxsrf=ALiCzsb5yjP5ZHQCWCDivBiEOFvusLLmrw%3A1653312571831&source=hp&ei=O4yLYo-uMJaQ0PEPwvyVEA&oq=&gs_lcp=ChFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocBABGAAyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEK8BEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEK8BEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEKMCEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEKMCEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEK8BEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECdQAFgAYP0KaAFwAHgAgAEAiAEAkgEAmAEAsAEP&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp#

[Thin Red Swine]

This one is cool. Scoring from 2nd on a sac fly. And it's major college baseball, Georgia Tech v Pitt.

https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+georgia+tech+sac+fly+second+base&sxsrf=ALiCzsb5yjP5ZHQCWCDivBiEOFvusLLmrw%3A1653312571831&source=hp&ei=O4yLYo-uMJaQ0PEPwvyVEA&oq=&gs_lcp=ChFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocBABGAAyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEK8BEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEK8BEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEKMCEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEKMCEOoCECcyDQguEMcBEK8BEOoCECcyBwgjEOoCECdQAFgAYP0KaAFwAHgAgAEAiAEAkgEAmAEAsAEP&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp#

Good hustle but horribly lazy by the centerfielder, and part of a Little League half-inning by Pitt in a game they were leading 5-2:

Georgia Tech - Top of 5th
Play Description   GT   UP
Hall, Co reached on a fielding error by ss, advanced to second (1-1 BS).                                                                                                                     2   5
Jackson, Jad singled to right field, advanced to second on a fielding error by rf, advanced to third, RBI (2-0 BB); Hall, Co scored, unearned.     3   5
Simpson, C doubled, RBI (0-0); Jackson, Jad scored.                                                                                                                                                      4    5
Parada, K flied out to cf, SF, RBI (2-1 BSB); Simpson, C scored.                                                                                                                                    5   5
Jenkins, A doubled to left center (2-2 BBFF).                                                                                                                                                                  5   5
Gonzalez, T lined out to 1b (0-1 F).                                                                                                                                                                                  5   5
Borden, T homered to right field, unearned, 2 RBI (0-0); Jenkins, A scored, unearned.                                                                                              7   5
Reid, S singled to left field (0-0).                                                                                                                                                                                      7   5
Compton, D grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-0 BB).                                                                                                                                                  7   5

[USAFHawg]

In a 3 man crew you move even less

I can't see twitter at work, so I have no clue what happened in the play. I just wanted to comment that the above is not true. Generally, you move a lot more using 3 man mechanics.

[Barton Fink]

Didn't we have someone score from second on a sac fly to win a Super Regional game years back? Maybe against FSU?

[Hizhog]

The photo showing that ump running into the base path while looking into the outfield is the most damning part. Just a complete brainfart. I didn’t get a good look at the play at 2nd, but you’d think anything close, a reasonable person would call the runner safe.

[DrMongoose]

I can't see twitter at work, so I have no clue what happened in the play. I just wanted to comment that the above is not true. Generally, you move a lot more using 3 man mechanics.

more movement than in 2-man mechanics?

[USAFHawg]

more movement than in 2-man mechanics?

Definitely. You do a lot more rotating in 3 man than you do in 2 man. You also have more options for "chasing" fly balls to the outfield. While I know this was talking about the 1st base ump, watch the 3rd base ump when the ball is hit. That person is moving like crazy.

[hogsrunwild]

https://mobile.twitter.com/bigdonkey47/status/1528485752027418628

That is pretty bad.  The dude didn’t even make a wide turn at the bag.  The ump was in the worst position possible.  That is bad.

[woodhog14]

The batter that got screwed on the double, Blaze Brothers, is from Springdale.

[Thin Red Swine]

The batter that got screwed on the double, Blaze Brothers, is from Springdale.

Sounds like a good name for a BBQ joint.

Or a smoking parlor.

[jdcatty]

Ga fan calling out the Whistler:

https://twitter.com/dpiggler/status/1529452786064281602?s=21&t=AFexruRQT67gPL3-Ss81sw

[Hogworth Ballington III]

Ga fan calling out the Whistler:

https://twitter.com/dpiggler/status/1529452786064281602?s=21&t=AFexruRQT67gPL3-Ss81sw

He's an ole piss alum. Barton beat you to it by a good 30 min+