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Showing posts with label Case Plays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Case Plays. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Did Shoemaker Obstruct Wilkerson's Arrival at First Base?

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As Twins first baseman Alex Kirilloff tagged first base to retire Orioles batter Stevie Wilkerson on a groundout, a third party entered the ...
Monday, August 31, 2020

Case 20-3 - Twin Out, Triple Play, Or Intentional Drop

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"Triple play!" squealed the Minnesota Twins broadcast as a bases-loaded dropped line drive dissipated into a one out sequence as...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Case Play Solution 2020-2 - Pitcher's Hidden Ball Trick

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Previously in  Case Play 2020-2 - Pitcher's Hidden Ball Trick , we asked whether an usual delivery was legal or not. Now, having consu...
Friday, April 10, 2020

Case Play 2020-2 - Pitcher's Hidden Ball Trick

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A recent video of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth baseball pitcher Adam Horowitz's pitch from Windup Position while removing an ...
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Case Play 2020-1 Answer - Standoff is Out of Line

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After a college stalemate between catcher & runner led to a benches-clearing brawl, we made a Case Play of it. After consulting the re...
Monday, March 2, 2020

Case Play 2020-1 - Home Plate Standoff & Brawl

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A runner attempting to score fails to touch home plate as the catcher misses his tag; it's happened before, but in this Toledo-Alabama...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Case Play 2019-7 - Chicken Little Strike Zone [Solved]

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You can't get much more Little League than this. Team Venezuela batter Deivis Ordoñez, nickname Chicken Little, deployed a unique batt...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Case Play 2019-6 - Selling a Fake Tag [Solved]

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When Cubs SS Javy Baez saw a baseball sail into center field during Brewers baserunner R1 Ben Gamel's steal of second base in Milwauke...
Friday, July 5, 2019

Case Play 2019-5 - Batter Causes HBP [Solved]

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A batter cannot cause a pitcher to balk, but can he induce a HBP? Giants player Kevin Pillar's errant "Time" request during ...
Friday, June 28, 2019

Case Play 2019-4 - Turner's Slide Tackle [Solved]

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When MLB adopted its bona fide slide/interference rule, baseball didn't envision a mid-base sliding tackle like that of Dodgers 3B Jus...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Case Play 2019-3 - Infield Fly Interference [Solved]

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This week's Ask the UEFL Case Play  concerns an infield fly rule play complicated by an intervening case of interference between the...
Sunday, June 2, 2019

Case Play 2019-2 - Fly Ball off Player & Wall [Solved]

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In the midst of Boston's Memorial Day win over Cleveland, Red Sox batter JD Martinez's fly ball to deep right field wound up in the ...
Monday, May 6, 2019

Case Play 2019-1 - Modified Catch & Carry [Solved]

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After HP Umpire Will Little called "Time" when Nationals catcher Yan Gomes stepped into the dugout while keeping his mitt and th...
Monday, November 5, 2018

Case Play 2018-9 - Walk-off Appeal Madness

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As the 2018 Arizona Fall League All-Star Game ended on a walk-off base hit, 1B Umpire Nestor Ceja lingered for a few extra seconds as first ...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Plate Meeting Podcast 5 - Chris Hubler & JEAPU Play

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Welcome to the fifth episode of  The Plate Meeting, a LF Umpire Podcast from Close Call Sports , where we talk umpiring with umpires. In e...