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This is a really prevealant assumption. It never had to be "caught cleanly". It never had to go "into the glove". As said previously, OBR/NCAA it just needs to go sharp and direct from the bat to the catcher and then be legally caught by the catcher. NFHS, it needs to go sharp and direct from the bat to the catcher's hand/glove and then be legally caught. NFHS, If it touches the catcher's hand/glove first, it can be juggled, kicked, stuck in their elbow, hip... as long as it doesn't become lodged in their equipment, touch the batter or umpire... it can be legally caught by the catcher and would be a foul tip

I think even in FED the OP would be an out since the ball first hit the glove.. That said, it's not yet an out if the ball is trapped in the crook of the elbow. It become an out when it's controlled in the hand or glove.

1: MLB is testing this in AA and AAA. 99% of the time, the clock starts immediately. As Max said, if a batter gets thrown up and in, we can hold the clock. But on a batter time out, the clock starts immediately. 2: A coach or manager has until 20 seconds to get a fresh 30 seconds on a player initiated trip. If they come out after 20, they can either use another visit to get a reset or be walking off the mound before 0. This is also a AA and AAA experimental rule. 3: You would wave in the new sub and point to wherever the new player is playing. Unless it’s unannounced, which then the press box probably saw it anyway and will announce it

FED used to allow a foul tip to be caught by a fielder but that's changed to the catcher only. OBR has an interp that only allowsthe catcher to catch it.

Just please only promote those worthy of true MLB umpire material. It should be based scores and game-keeping ability, not anything else. I don't want to bring politics in here, but let it be merit-based... please.

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Runner on third yes. Anywhere else, not necessary. I can clean the plate in five seconds, maybe not even. No need to announce to everyone that I’m doing it. Just grab your brush and quickly do it. I don’t need players going OK cool we have time on the field, let’s chat. We call time way too often in general. Unless it’s absolutely necessary, don’t. Encourage a lack of time.

At the bottom of the wiki umpire entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umpire_(baseball) 70 John Bacon 41 Brock Ballou 65 Steven Jaschinski 61 James Jean 75 Edwin Jímenez 77 Austin Jones 39 Tyler Jones 56 Dexter Kelley 94 Jacob Metz 99 Felix Neon 30 Jonathan Parra 95 Jen Pawol 53 Derek Thomas 45 Willie Traynor stevetheump seems out of service

The rule changed a few years ago from 'share and direct from the bat to the catcher's hands' to 'sharp and direct from the bat to the catcher' A FOUL TIP is a batted ball that goes sharp and direct from the bat to the catcher and is legally caught. It is not a foul tip unless caught, and any foul tip that is caught is a strike, and the ball is in play.

I'm not very good at math. So, whatever is out there, is what I'll umpire.

Really? Challenge accepted! Let me go pull out my kids ACT study notes from years past to help me. BTW, I see where I still was thinking the base was centered instead of and moved to the edge. Plus, I was thinking of the 15" to 18" change. So I am probably wrong. Lets see how wrong. Lets remember that the home plate size isn't changing. So the bag would move from the middle of the bag to the corner of the bag, in other words, half an hypotenuse. 18" squared + 18" squared= 648 324+ 324= 648 square root of 648 is 25.5" Half of 25.5 is 12.75" So the 18" bag's nearest point to home plate would decrease 12.75" I think that is an advantage to the defense. what do you think?

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