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Stump the Ump Directly from the Little League Web Site. (NCLL has deleted a few situations that do not apply to our league games) |
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In a Little League baseball game, the home team manager substitutes his
fifth pitcher in to pitch. In the top of the sixth inning, the pitcher
is injured and must be replaced with a sixth pitcher. The umpire does
not allow this substitution and calls the game. True or False? Situation 2: In a Little League baseball game, with runners on first and second base, the pitcher commits an illegal pitch. The umpire calls balk and advances the runners to second and third. True or False? Situation 3: The runner on first base is stealing as the ball is fouled into the catcher’s mask and drops into the glove of the catcher. The defensive manager wants the runner now on second base to return to first base because of the foul ball. The umpire disagrees and allows the runner to remain at second because of the foul tip. True or False? Situation 4: The batter gets set to hit the next pitch with a two-ball and two-strike count. The pitcher throws an inside pitch which the batter swings at, with the ball striking the batters hands. The umpire awards the batter first base. True or False? Situation 5: A long fly ball down the right field foul line is very near the fence. The right fielder charges over to the fence and reaches up and is about to catch the ball on the playing field when a spectator reaches across the fence and catches a souvenir ball, clearly interfering with the fielder attempting to catch the batted ball. The umpire calls the batter out because of the spectator interference. True or False? Situation 6: The game is over and the manager of the losing team realizes that the winning team used a pitcher that was an ineligible pitcher for the game and protests before the umpire(s) leave the field. The umpire(s) does not allow the protest because the manager should have protested before the game was over. True or False? Situation 7: The batter is not happy with the ball and strike calls of the umpire. To show his/her displeasure with the umpire, the batter refuses to get into the batter’s box when told to do so by the umpire. The umpire ejects the player. True or False? Situation 8: The batter crushes a fastball down the left field line that has extra bases written all over it. The left fielder thinks the same thing and throws his/her glove at the ball and hits the ball with the glove. Unfortunately this knocks the ball even further away from the left fielder. The batter-runner puts it into high gear in the attempt for an inside the park home run and is thrown out at the plate. However, the umpire sends the batter-runner back to third base because the rule calls for a three-base award for throwing equipment and hitting a batted ball. True or False? Situation 9: The centerfielder fires the ball from centerfield in an attempt to get the runner trying to make it to third on the base hit. The ball sails and ends up in the parking lot. At the time of the throw the lead runner was between second and third and the batter-runner was between home and first base. The runners are placed at second and third base. True or False? Situation 10: The batter strokes a ball deep to the outfield and in running the bases has to change running direction to avoid a collision with the shortstop. In the umpires judgment the batter-runner would have made it to third base had there been no change of direction. The ball reaches third base ahead of the batter-runner and the batter-runner is tagged. The umpire immediately calls “Time” identifies the obstruction on the shortstop and awards the batter-runner third base. True or False? Situation 11: In running the bases the batter-runner rounds first base on the way to second, but while rounding first, runs 15-feet out of the base line on the way to second base. The umpire calls the batter-runner out for being out of the base line. True or False? Situation 12: The second baseman takes the strong and accurate throw from the right fielder and is waiting for the batter-runner to come into second base. The batter-runner seeing that he/she is a dead duck, intentionally barrels into the second baseman and knocks the ball loose. The umpire calls the batter-runner out for not sliding or attempting to go around the fielder. True or False? Situation 13: Runner on first base and the batter lofts a fly ball to the right fielder. The runner on first advances only a few steps off first base, watching to see if the ball is caught. The batter-runner passes the lead runner also watching to see if the ball is caught; the ball is dropped and the lead runner hustles to third base and the batter-runner ends up at second base. The umpire calls “time” and calls the runner at third base out for allowing the batter-runner to pass. True or False? Situation 14: With the winning run on third base and one out the batter hits a fly ball to shallow centerfield. The base coach has the runner tag up at third base. At the last second, the third base coach thinking the runner will be thrown out at home, puts out his/her arms and grabs hold of the runner to stop him/her. The umpire calls the runner at third base out for interference by a base coach. True or False? Situation 15: The batter hits a ground ball to the shortstop, who throws wild into the stands (ball is dead). The batter-runner misses first base but is awarded second base on the overthrow. Once the ball is put back into play, the defensive team makes a proper appeal that the batter-runner missed first and the umpire calls him out. True or False? Situation 16: The runner on second base scores on a base hit, but fails to touch third base on the way home. The ball is finally thrown to the infield and the defense requests “time”. After time is called the defense appeals to the umpire that the runner who just scored missed third base. The umpire agrees and calls the runner out for missing third base. True or False? Situation 17: A manager or coach may be granted “time” to talk to any defensive player(s). There is a visit charged to the pitcher for each such conference. True or False? Situation 18: Any umpire’s decision that involves the interpretation of a playing rule is not protestable by the manager and/or coach, even if the interpretation is wrong. True or False? Situation 19: The power to forfeit a game lies with any and all umpires who are involved in the game. True or False? Situation 20: The home plate umpire declares all infield flies, because it is only the home plate umpire that has infield fly responsibilities. True or False? |
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