Wow, awesome thread. I love this!
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1. A baserunner on first steals second successfully, but in getting to his feet, he lifts his foot from the bag - for just a second. The shortstop quickly tags him. You are the umpire. What's you're call?
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Out. Time was never called, therefore he is out.
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2. You are the official scorer. A runner is on first with two outs. The batter hits a hard ground ball to right. After taking off at the sound of the bat, the runner on first rounds second and heads toward third. The right fielder gets to the ball, and throws it to third. The throw is "right on the money", but it hits the sliding runner and bounces down the left field line! The runner gets up and proceeds home. How do you score the play?
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Single. E-9. No RBI.
Earned run.
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3. Curt Schilling is pitching, and Victor Martinez is the baserunner on third. Schilling is standing on the rubber, getting his sign from the catcher, when Martinez prematurely breaks to the plate. Schilling, who had not yet started his windup, breaks directly to Martinez and tags him before he reaches the plate. You are the umpire. Is the runner out?
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No. A balk is called and the runner is safe at home. Once on the rubber, the pitcher must come to a full-stop set before any motion towards home plate.
EDIT - The wording is funny on this one. Is he in the stretch or in the wind-up position? Has he already come to his set?
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4. You are the umpire. Yes, this actually happened in 1987. You are the home plate umpire. A sinkerball pitcher is on the mound, with runners on first and second. The pitch is delivered, and the ball is in the dirt - the ball bounces once, and ends up in the ball bag atached to your hip! The catcher and pitcher have no idea where the ball is. What do you do? What is your call?
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Man, I have no idea. But if a ball hits an umpire in the field
in front of the fielders, it is deemed interference and the batter is out.
Behind the fielders and it is a base hit.
Since the home-plate umpire is behind the catcher, I'll assume that the runners are allowed to advance one base each.
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5. You are the umpire. A pitcher on the mound, known for being a quick worker, is working against a batter that takes his sweet time in the batter's box getting ready to hit. The batter stretches his bat, digs in his feet, and is just looking up when a pitch comes hurling across the plate! What is your call?
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Where was the location of the pitch?
Steeeee-rike!
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6. You are the umpire. There is a runner on first, with one out. The batter hits an easy line drive right at the third baseman, who proceeds to drop the ball. The third baseman picks it up, fires it to the second baseman, who pivots and throws to the first baseman for the inning ending double-play. What, if anything, is your call?
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Double-play. The infield fly rule is only in place on pop-fly. Line drives are in play.
However, if for some reason one of my colleagues called "Infield Fly!" while the ball was in the air, then only the batter is out and the runner returns to first base.