Blackwater 53393 Posted July 9, 2025 Posted July 9, 2025 I don’t question the call!! I DO question them not suspending the game to allow for the storm to pass!! I believe that it is a protocol now that they clear the field when there is a lightning strike in the area and there was certainly a lightning strike somewhere in the vicinity!
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 9, 2025 Posted July 9, 2025 I definitely question the call, he had no control over that bolt of lightning. Heck even the umpire jumped a little, they said everyone in the place jumped a little. I think it’s a really bad call! It should have been reversed. Blackwater is correct about stopping the game. That should be protocol but this was minor league so who knows?
Blackwater 53393 Posted July 9, 2025 Posted July 9, 2025 Baseball is a game that is played with certain rules that apply no matter what the situation! There are “ground rules” that take into account the configuration of the ballpark and its surroundings. There are rules that are subject to judgement and are not subject to challenge. There are also rules that are not subject to judgement and cannot be ignored or dismissed.. There are portions of the balk rules that are open to some interpretation or judgment and there a parts of those rules that are not! Once the pitcher begins the delivery of the ball, he/she cannot stop . The pitcher must either throw to home plate or to an occupied base. Think of the situation where the batter hits the ball and it is clearly obvious that the ball will leave the yard in fair territory, but instead, the ball strikes a bird and fall in play. This is another example of “Mother Nature” interfering with the normal sequence of play, but that ball is “in play” and whatever results from the continuation of the play are the same as if that ball had only traveled to the spot where it lands naturally. Sometimes, it’s just baseball!!
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 9, 2025 Posted July 9, 2025 21 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Baseball is a game that is played with certain rules that apply no matter what the situation! There are “ground rules” that take into account the configuration of the ballpark and its surroundings. There are rules that are subject to judgement and are not subject to challenge. There are also rules that are not subject to judgement and cannot be ignored or dismissed.. There are portions of the balk rules that are open to some interpretation or judgment and there a parts of those rules that are not! Once the pitcher begins the delivery of the ball, he/she cannot stop . The pitcher must either throw to home plate or to an occupied base. Think of the situation where the batter hits the ball and it is clearly obvious that the ball will leave the yard in fair territory, but instead, the ball strikes a bird and fall in play. This is another example of “Mother Nature” interfering with the normal sequence of play, but that ball is “in play” and whatever results from the continuation of the play are the same as if that ball had only traveled to the spot where it lands naturally. Sometimes, it’s just baseball!! Yea I get all that but the umpires could have waved this off and should have IMHO After all that was an unbelievable event at a weird moment.
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted July 10, 2025 Posted July 10, 2025 Norfolk still won, 9 - 5. Go TIDES~!
J-BAR #18287 Posted July 10, 2025 Posted July 10, 2025 Ron Luciano ("The Umpire Strikes Back") said he never called a balk because he didn't understand the rule.
Blackwater 53393 Posted July 10, 2025 Posted July 10, 2025 18 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Ron Luciano ("The Umpire Strikes Back") said he never called a balk because he didn't understand the rule. A lot of umpires don’t understand the rules. There are a number of ways to balk when pitching and there are also catchers’ balks. I used to know the litany of different calls when I umpired youth league and older boys baseball. That was thirty years ago and I don’t even have a recent rule book to refer to.
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 10, 2025 Posted July 10, 2025 It’s rare but umpires have reversed balk calls and in this instance it should have been discussed with the other umps and reversed. I seen one in a Yankees game some years ago. I found it on YouTube but I can’t get it on here. It was against the Yankees. It was a game against Tampa Bay. There’s been others but very rarely. https://apnews.com/rays-lose-run-on-overturned-balk-fall-to-yanks-5-4-63fc769449ef4413a9dec528f728a19a
Sedalia Dave Posted July 11, 2025 Posted July 11, 2025 17 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: It’s rare but umpires have reversed balk calls and in this instance it should have been discussed with the other umps and reversed. I seen one in a Yankees game some years ago. I found it on YouTube but I can’t get it on here. It was against the Yankees. It was a game against Tampa Bay. There’s been others but very rarely. https://apnews.com/rays-lose-run-on-overturned-balk-fall-to-yanks-5-4-63fc769449ef4413a9dec528f728a19a
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