ArchAngel72
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About ArchAngel72
- Birthday 08/16/1972
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Little League, Babe Ruth
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NFHS Ejections and Subsequent Suspensions
ArchAngel72 replied to SeeingEyeDog's topic in High School
Dog, So let me get this straight. An Umpire had something happen they deemed bad enough to go straight to EJ This was then appealed latter by a school? and overturned due to structure which allows what happened to happen but then they deem themselves who most likely were not AT the game to say nah it was not that bad lets undercut the umpire and allow the coach back out there. So um, no one take another game with that coach. As umpires we should all stand together and let that school know we do not feel safe around that school or their coach. -
Unsportsmanlike conduct-slow pitch softball
ArchAngel72 replied to Judy Nesbitt's question in Ask the Umpire
Seems to me I would call time call the def coach out and ask him to deal with this, I am assuming the age group is low -
I am curious at what level are you going to be umpiring at? If I missed it sorry.
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Heh..
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in LL I call it Shenanigan's and call time and tell the fielder nope sorry runner was safe and you pushed them off. I aint playing with any of those Shenanigans here today so please do not do that again. "Safe" 😂
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How often do you get chirping from the stands?
ArchAngel72 replied to SCRookie's topic in Free For All
double post woops -
How often do you get chirping from the stands?
ArchAngel72 replied to SCRookie's topic in Free For All
No wiz its giving them an age appropriate zone and getting the batters to actually swing at a pitch. A lot of these kids just came from hitting it off a tee or hitting a ball a coach threw. They need that bat off their shoulder Trust me at 8-10 U you still call more balls than strikes, unless you have a 10U at that level who is mature enough to be up with the 12U and their parents kept them back to give them a 10U all star year. It happens yes but it is no where near the norm. -
How often do you get chirping from the stands?
ArchAngel72 replied to SCRookie's topic in Free For All
If the fences are not talking to you when their kids are up to bat then you are calling too small a strike zone. 8-10 I go top of shoulders to bottoms of the knees and all the way to the opposite batters box line ( which in LL is an extra ball width) 8-10 you want those kids swinging at everything that they can reach. No walk fests! 10 -12 I bring it back down to what LL tells me to call, top of knees to armpits over a part of the plate. Here I get complaints about my low strike calls that I see at the knee while its over the front edge of the plate. By the time it gets to the catcher he can be digging it out of the dirt at his crotch but what I saw when it crossed the plate was it hit the top of his knee.. Sorry thats in the strike zone even though your standing a foot behind the plate at the back of the box. Its not where you are standing its while its over the plate. let em chirp... strikes = outs = innings -
"sits here and chuckles in LL" It all starts at the 8-10 level with us pushing these kids to keep moving, and thankfully LL now allowing coaches to catch to warm up a pitcher. Ty to all the LL umpires who push kids to keep the games moving.
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0.2 its above the rim nevermind coming out of his hand. The trailing guy had that 100% What happened to cause that to be reversed?
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Maybe it was a dare/bet?
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I would think from a safety stand point MLB would step in and be like um wear something that 1 looks more pro and 2 is safer... that mask looks SCARY. in more ways than 1 I say this cause I would not like to see a guy get injured due to equipment.. no disrespect meant to P.C. meant.
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at 6:31 I am scratching my head. Was it because his hands came apart before he stepped off? He tosses the ball into the glove as his hands part and then he steps off... /shrug I am reading into this as I am FAR from the expert on these things.