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1st Baseb coach |
Baseball |
4/21/2017 |
Hurricane |
Date 4/21/2017
Location Snow Canyon High School
Snow Canyon vs Hurricane Varsity Game
Top of 6th Inning
One Out with a runner on First Base
Batter hits a popup directly over the 1st base bag, the runner who was leading off retreats to stand on 1st base. The first baseman moves back into foul territory but when the ball comes down approximately two feet behind the bag in fair territory he reaches into fair territory to try to catch the ball. The ball goes into and back out of his glove creating a no catch situation. My partner, Anthony Sciafani, correctly signals fair ball. The first baseman tags R1 and then the batter runner. I call R1 out and the batter runner safe as his foot is on first base.
The Hurricane coach at 1st base starts yelling that the ball was foul and no one should be out. I tell him to quiet down and stay back while I talk to my partner. Anthony and I converse and we both have exactly the same situation (fair ball and R1 out). I signal that R1 is out and the batter runner is safe on 1st. The Hurricane head coach comes to the first baseline from the 3rd base coaches box and argues with both Anthony and myself that it was a foul ball. We explained to him what we both had and now the first base coach comes up behind us and starts yelling. I tell him to go back to his coaching box and to stay there. After the head coach starts back to the 3rd base coaching box I start up the infield to return to my B position. The first base coach crosses the foul line and begins yelling at me again. As I approach him with the intention of restricting him to the dugout he starts to walk briskly towards home plate and begins yelling at my partner. I tell him to stop right there and he turns and at the top of his lungs yells “you two are absolutely terrible and need to go back to school and learn how to umpire, you stink”. At this point I ejected him and explained to the head coach that he was now restricted to the dugout. The head coach complied with no further incident.
Dave Showalter |
