ESO Baseball Rules
Mini Clinic
With
Rick Roder
Friday, May 11, 2007
Presentation includes narration; please turn up your volume.
Welcome!
Presentation includes narration; please turn up your volume.
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Clinics are posted every week at ESO “Online Training.”
Questions are submitted by umpires via email.
For each week’s play you’ll be asked to “make the call.”
Use PAUSE button to read options in any frame.
Rules, sources, mechanics, helpful hints provided.
Rule differences (pro, NFHS, NCAA) will be noted.
Bonus: Monthly quiz posted last Friday of month.
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May 11, 2007: Steve
Coach dreamed up a play
Steve asked to make interpretation
R3 and R1
R1 takes lead into short RF
Trying to draw throw and chase
Allows R3 chance to score
“Should this play be allowed? Or are they doing
something illegal?”
NOTE: We’ll use my interpretation as the “correct” ruling.
What’s your ruling?
a. The play must be allowed; they are not doing
anything illegal.
b. The play should not be allowed but not sure why.
c. R1 should be called out for leaving the baseline as
soon as he gets 3 feet from the line between first and
second.
d. R1 should be called out for abandoning the basepath
as soon as he progresses a reasonable distance.
“Correct” ruling:
a. The play must be allowed; they are not doing
anything illegal.
b. The play should not be allowed but not sure why.
c. R1 can be called out for leaving the baseline as soon
as he gets 3 feet from the line between first and
second.
d. R1 can be called out for abandoning the basepath
as soon as he progresses a reasonable distance.
Rule references:
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OBR: 7.08a2, 7.08j, 7.10c
– Leaves the baseline
– Obviously abandoning effort to touch next base
• NCAA: 8-5c (runner is out immediately upon leaving
basepath)
• NFHS: 8-4-2p
Defensive tactic:
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Runner takes obnoxious lead
Defensive team can call time
Next time: F3 follows R1
R1 can be called out if he runs to outfield to avoid tag
Thank you for participating!
Next ESO Mini Clinic: May 18, 2007
Please email rule questions to [email protected]