I did not know this rule existed either but it seemed it a little fast. Lets be honest though, we don't know what the batter said after the bad first pitch called strike.
Doesn't matter. The umpire has a job to do and he needs to do it professionally. If he said something out of line, he should have tossed him. The player has to be professional as well and be held accountable if he said something out if line. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
that's once of the things I love about baseball. The game's over 100 years old and I still see something I've never even heard of before at least once every year.
Wow! True, the batter was acting like a jerk taking his sweet time like that but I'm thinkin the ref did react a little too quickly.
Umpires have a bad habit of thinking everybody comes out to watch them. This is true from Little Leauge to the Majors. They need to realize they are not the improtant ones.
The are a few at every level (very few at the pro level) but the majority do a good job. Typically, the higher the level, the better the umps are. They have a tough job, the toughest is ignoring ignorant fans/parents but that is part of the job. If you can't IGNORE what goes on outside the fence, don't get into umpiring. If you can't handle situations like this with more class, then umpiring may not be for you. The fact this ump knew the rules is a huge plus for him but you would expect that from a minor league ump. Now he needs to control his emotions. The ump should realize he wasn't trying to show him up, more likely just trying to gather his emotions before stepping back in. And the player needs to learn to deal with bad calls better and step back in and do his job. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
I knew a rule like this existed, but I thought the pitcher still had to throw the pitch even if the batter was out of the box.
Thats what I always thought. The pitcher could continue to work without the batter in the box? I've never seen assumed strikes called. Odd play.
you are 100% correct; but obviously this rule negates even the necessity to pitch. In that vid, you can clearly see the ump call strike 2 - then the batter obviously at first doesn't even realize it; then freezes in disbelief. Then strike 3. I would think the clock would have to re-start and the ump would have to give a warning, but umps, like judges, live as kings in their one arena of power.
