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Alright will debrief more later but first JV game is in the books and it went fine, so that's a relief!

If by "that rule" you mean an out for the violation you are correct. You will find a rule in NFHS baseball: 3-3-1-c. Team warning and ejection for next occurrence by team.

Who doesn't enjoy a good sequel? After a first year of working rec with a couple sprinkles of travel, I'm ready for both a more thorough level of training and a higher level of play, and that sure sounds like trying to work high school baseball this year! Our first meeting of the year is tonight over Zoom, which feels like a good place to start this thread. I appreciated everyone's advice last year and if you have anything specific for working HS in terms of a higher level of play, weird quirks of NFHS vs OBR, etc I will still continue to be all ears! I'll also probably be using this to document what else I end up working this year, I'm hoping to go the whole year only working games on 90-foot diamonds, but that'll seemingly be up to the org I worked with last year that has u15 rec and some travel.

Well, there you go. Circa 2018 (may still be there, I don't have a newer digital edition) . . . Edit to add: Checked the current physical book. Still there!

FED baseball has a caseplay where the batter hits the ball and releases his bat which hits F2 or the Umpire. I think the rule applies when completing a swing and letting the bat fly.

Thank you. Couldn't find it last night.

Well, your answers may be technically correct, but you failed the quiz. I wanted you to explain in your words -- that is the true test as to whether you understand it or not. 😋 Ducking is considered a violation, as the runner is still going into the bag on their feet. Extra credit for knowing where to go in the book though!

You're not going to find that rule in any rules book, other than the IMTSU Rulebook. IMTSU is pronounced "I Made This S#it Up". Really. Seriously. This has to stop. No, not the slung / flung bats... these are kids, kids are morons... no, I mean the making 💩up because I feel that something should be done! Facts don't care about your feelings, and the fact is that there is 0 – Zee-Eee-Arr-OOOOOOhhhhh rules support for the call of "Out". The only way you're getting a (justifiable) Out on this is if the ball is popped up in the vicinity of Home plate, and the flung bat interferes with the catcher (F2), and his/her ability to make a catch attempt on that ball (regardless of fair or foul). Flown to F9? Fat chance, not happening. Don't care if it was a run-rule game anyway. Don't flush your integrity down the same toilet to where that s#!t belongs.

10-2-3-g

Slide legally? Yes. Veer away? Yes. Duck? Going to say yes, but the casebook play I checked only specifies slide or veer. And for illegal slide, well, the humble 2-32 lists six examples

Remember... Al Capone was a big baseball patron. I'm sure his influence has been... cemented(?) into Illinois organizations for perpetuity.

Because the wording of "C" could imply intent or not. If intentional my hazy memory thinks one or all of the codes award 2 base time of kick or deflection and consider a carry one of those.

Alright, first actual game tomorrow, so let's recap some stuff Weather was real fun. First scrimmage was meant to be a Saturday, then a Monday and then finally a Tuesday where they swapped who was hosting lol. Then another one was scheduled for that following Friday but was cancelled due to snow! So through weather and the scrimmages meant to rotate people, I have 8.5 plate innings and like 5 base innings under my belt from scrimmages. My main takeaway from the game I had a full seven innings on the plate was a toooon of low and away pitches. No idea if that's the norm for JV or if the scrimmage was just a chance to make sure the kids practice that spot but it was just pounding that area of the zone. Learnt I didn't know the force play slide rule, but now I do and that's the value of a scrimmage. Spent my energy focusing on NFHS-specific rules for DH/CR/subs where something like the slide rule just wasn't fully on my radar but now it is. Had a balk neither person called right away which didn't look great, even after some more review still don't think I feel great about calling them tbh Also had what felt like a pretty clear no-catch call where the fielding team coach seemed to argue that the rules are different with 2 outs? Seemed to be some kind of argument based on dropping on the transfer and there not needing to be a transfer if you have 2 outs? But the coach didn't yell or insult me and I felt pretty confident that was just a normal drop so the call stood. For some more positive news, did the test for the rec/travel org I'll work with on the side that I worked with last year. Felt way more confident about the material and recognized some of the questions that tripped me up last year and missed only 3 questions out of about 60. Definitely was nice to have a concrete sign of progress for my understanding of the rules that aren't some courtesy runner mumbo jumbo. Anyways, tomorrow I wanted to work the base but my partner is working the plate for another HS game later in the day so I've got the plate. Looking forward to seeing a real lineup card for the first time lol!

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CCS is alive and well; here’s tmac responding to a question in discord earlier this month

Congrats on moving to the next level. I think, overall, you will find HS baseball easier than rec or travel. For the most part, the players do more of what you expect them to do and you'll have less funky plays to officiate. I'm sure your training will cover HS rules. Some of the major differences: ALL obstruction is a delayed dead ball, and ALWAYS results in at least a one base award from the runner's position at the time of the obstruction. There is no "in the act of fielding" in HS. The fielder either has possession, or he doesn't. Force Play Slide Rule - it's different from the bonafide slide rule in OBR Runner's Lane Interference - pay close attention on how your association wants it to be called. Follow-through interference (sometimes called backswing interference) - same as batter's interference. Someone is going to be out. Pitching positions - I'm not up-to-date on them, but they'll be different from OBR Dugout Restrictions - nothing similar in OBR. Part of your "toolbox" to manage a game, which will be important in those freshman games that might only have one babysitter coach. You'll likely be asked to confirm game details a few days in advance via email with the coach or AD. Game date, time, location (JV field, varsity field), and if you'll have access to a locker room (more for varsity). Get examples of emails from a varsity umpire you trust. We always asked our umpires at all levels to arrive no less than 45 minutes before game time, wear decent clothes (business casual) and then go to the field and find the coach to let them know you have arrived and to reconfirm game time and when you'll come back for the plate meeting. There have been several times in my career that the visiting team will be late because of bus issues or traffic. Good to know before you show up 10 minutes before the game starts for the plate meeting and only the home team is there. Your association may do things differently.