Duties and responsibilities of softball game officials

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To save your home and search preferences. Great merchants! Great products! Great value! If it lands outside the white line, it is foul. These umpires also have the final call on whether home runs bounced off the top of the wall are fair or not. Hailing from Austin, Texas, Daniel Westlake has written under pen names for a myriad of publications all over the nation, ranging from national magazines to local papers.

He now lives in Los Angeles, Calif. By: Daniel Westlake. Published: 18 June, More Articles. Shall, by agreement and in cooperation with the base umpire, call plays, hit balls, fair or foul, legal or illegal caught balls. On plays that would necessitate the base umpire leaving the infield, the plate umpire shall assume the duties normally required of the base umpire.

On each batted ball or play that develops, the umpire shall move out from behind the plate and into the infield to obtain the best position for any play that develops. An umpire is incapacitated by injury or illness. A game is suspended and is continued at a later date. There shall be no appeal from any decision of any umpire, on the grounds that he was not correct in his conclusion as to whether a batted ball was fair or foul, a runner safe or out, a pitched ball a strike or ball, or on any play involving accuracy of judgment.

No decision rendered by any umpire shall be reversed; except that he is convinced it is in violation of one of these rules. Under no circumstances shall any umpire seek to reverse a decision made by his associates, nor shall any umpire criticize or interfere with the duties of his associates, unless asked to do so by him. Play shall be suspended whenever the plate umpire leaves his position to brush the plate or to perform other duties not directly connected with the calling of plays.

The umpire shall suspend play whenever a batter or pitcher steps out of position for a legitimate reason. Umpires shall not suspend play at the request of players, coaches or managers, until all action in progress by either team has been completed.

Players, coaches, or managers shall not make disparaging or insulting remarks to, or about opposing players, officials, or spectators, or commit other acts that could be considered unsportsmanlike conduct. A player, manager, coach, or other team official EJECTED from the game, shall go directly to the dressing room for the remainder of the game, or leave the grounds. Rule 10 - Umpires Sec. Umpires must not wear exposed jewellery that may pose a hazard. The umpires should introduce themselves to the captains, managers and scorers.

The plate umpire or base umpire shall have equal authority to: 1 Call a runner out for leaving a base too soon.