วีดีโอ

Learn to enunciate

Great Video!

Situation 2 is still bugging me. It's a force play, at home. Does R3 have an obligation on a force play to avoid contact with the fielder/catcher in this case as he elected not to slide on the force play?

In situation 2, the fielder is two feet in front of the bag in the baselne. How does that affect the ruling on interference?

Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 min - after bouncing over the bases the ball touches into the outfield behind the bases. FOUL . The ball does not touch the base, but bounces over it to the foul. FAIR BALL is a batted ball that settles on fair ground between home and first base, or between home and third base, or that is on or over fair territory when bounding to the outfield past first or third base. this IS the rule. YES or No? If - Yes! Please look at what is written. and it is written after bouncing over the bases the ball touches into the outfield behind the bases. YES OR NO? IF YES - Ball is FAIR. Then if the ball does not touch the outfield and touches another territory, then according to the rules this ball is a Foul. Yes or No? If - Yes! Then Look at the Rules where it is described what outfield territory is. The infield shall be a 90-foot square. The outfield shall be the area between two foul lines formed by extending two sides of the square, as in diagram in Appendix 1. Yes or No? If Yes - outfield is Fair territory. Yes or No? If Yes Thus the ball hits Fair territory after the base and Only then will it be Fair. Yes or No? In the rules it is written and then goes to the outfield. Not a foul territory. to my yes or no, I only once received an answer that it would still be a fair-ball. I was taught that way at school)))). Actually friends, this is a difficult situation. We must describe it punctually in the rules. Since any decision can radically affect the outcome of the game. Good luck to all.

The first play at the plate, the runner was out. The pinky loop lace touched the runners arm before the runner touched home plate. The pinky loop is part of the glove so he was out.

Should have cover throws to 3rd with right handed batter and throws to first with left handed batter on pick off plays.

This OBA ruling on strike 3?

Would have been nice if you had added a video where the batter interferes with the catcher fielding a batted ball around home plate (like a chopper or a bunt pop up), especially with the batter still being in the batter's box, as that will always trigger some discussion ("but I was still in the batter's box" "i know. But that doesn't matter. You're out")

What happens if the catcher throws but it’s not really “a play on the runner?” Situation was runners on 1st and 3rd, double steal, catcher throws not to 2nd base but to shortstop who cuts the throw in front of the base and throws home but fails to get the out on R3. No interference was called although the batter stepped in front of the catcher. Is that correct?

Play 2 - “These are the type of plays we need to take out of the game” - yeah like you mean the fielder standing with both feet directly in front of the base where the runner can only slide into him? The fielder was the one that made that unsafe.

Play @5:30 umpire angle couldn't see if the catcher dropped the ball, but most likely if a catcher shows the ball in his hand he dropped it.

Easiest way to get rid of these types of slides is to award the offended defense 3 outs from that point (could be the one remaining out of that inning and 2 outs of the subsequent inning) as well as a score of 0 for that inning no matter of who or how many have crossed the plate to that point.

Wow if interference was called every time a batters follow through momentum brought him/her over the plate there would be no game left to play. Baseball would have no purpose and would cease to exist.

People tend to use the terms interchangeably but Obstruction is not the same as interference; obstruction is typically committed by a fielder against a base runner, while interference is typically committed by a base runner against a fielder, or the batter against the catcher.

Do you have any videos on batter's interference caused by a batter that is being walked on a throw down the Third, when there is only a runner on second

Excellent explanation of those videos

Great insight into what is involved in the slide rule. The examples work for softball as well. It should also be mentioned that in double play situations (i.e. play continues after the initial out), as soon as the lead runner is out, he becomes a retired runner. As such, anything he does (intentional or unintentional) that hinders continuation of the play by the defense constitutes interference.

The play at the plate in this video is a FPSR violation in NCAA

are you fucking crazy with that music?

When im catching, can i just not throw and make obvious contact with the batter? Ive seen travis darnou sell it to the umps in the 2015 world series

excellent

These are useful for all baseball fans. Thank you.

just as someone watching, aren't 5:40 and 2:20 obstruction .....

Thank you. I know I got it right yesterday, despite what people told me.

i always enjoy hearing a coach try to explain why his batter is allowed to follow-through on a swing and then take two steps in front of the catcher who is attempting a play on a runner. if i had a dime for every time i've heard, "but he didn't mean to..." good video, gentlemen.

I saw this situation a few years ago and didn't get the proper answer from other umpires. Runner on first, right handed batter in the box. The pitch is made and it almost hits the batter. The batter does nothing but stand there, IN THE BOX, and makes no move to swing, he simply let the ball come in to the inside. The catchers reaches out with his left hand, fields the ball, still way inside the box, then steps to his left and throws the ball over the batter, who has literally not moved. The ball tails away and is not in time to catch the runner. The umpire called him out on batter interference. The batter did not move at all (it was a straight steal and he had the "take" sign on so he wasn't going to swing anyway), it was the catcher that stepped into the batters box. Would that still constitute batter's interference? He literally did nothing, not even move his feet.

Excellent situations on Batter Interference and the Proper Calls. Thanks for putting this together! Should clarify a lot for many umpires.

Excellent! Thanks!

Only one of these umpires used wedge positioning. The last clip was a four man crew. He should not be making that call from the grass! He was straight lined on the tag.

ok, video #4 brings up one of my favorite quesitons: when did runners start being taught NOT to touch the base with their front foot when sliding??????? it's the part of your body that gets to the base first!! why not go ahead and touch the base with it?!?!? this causes the most "discussions" with coaches on tag plays, and yet the trend continues. coaches, help us out with this one PLEASE. remember that a body part that CROSSES the base/plate but does not TOUCH the base/plate DOESN'T COUNT. moving on...

btw, just watched video #3. plate umpire was in perfect railroad tracks position. thank you, sir.

i will say it again... and again... until everybody gets tired of hearing it. will little's "railroad tracks" method for tag plays, ESPECIALLY AT THE PLATE. find his instruction, and USE IT (deference to mr. ron white). in video #2, i guarantee that the plate umpire never actually SAW a tag; not to mention that there was catcher obstruction, as the catcher was blocking the plate at least 2 seconds before he had possession of the ball. very easy, on this play, for the catcher to set up in front of the plate, take the throw, then block the plate (if he chooses), at which point the runner gives himself up, easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy. using railroad tracks gives you full visibility to 99% of what can/will happen: tag, obstruction, baseline, malicious contact, dropped ball, bottom line--safe or out.

Awesome videos! I will use them for my local high school chapter's training this season.

Would like to see instruction on positioning for plays at the plate after a pass ball/wild pitch with pitcher covering.

Excellent discourse......

Why you got Colbert report music in your intro lmao

Great video. Can a batter interfer in a non-intentional manner while staying in the batter's box?

good suff

Thank you i have a better understanding now on BI my board CCBUA IN CT puts out helpful videos as well .

Clear, concise, well explained definition of the rule. Good to see that last coach get booted.

Need to zoom more in on play hard to see at times

Awesome video

Awesome video please continue with more

Good examples of plays and the plate and umpires being in both good and bad positioning. Being in the right position, i.e., in the wedge, also helps umpires see obstruction. There were a couple of plays where the catcher clearly obstructed the runner.

With less than 2 strikes, the runner is out. The batter keeps batting.

Good video. However, each play should be studied further, the video is played to fast and something is hard to understand the decisions or see the umpire error. Keep it up

Watched all of them so far. I really appreciate the videos, keep them coming.

Thanks for your outstanding short videos to help make us better.