Leaderboard

Ohhhh?

Because there is integrity in using the rules to manage behavior that is not allowed, by rule. There’s no integrity in taking the pitch and shoving it up the player’s *** because the umpire was pissed off.

Can you say – “Next replacement CP material”??! #EnoughSofaCushionFoam BLESS YOU! #EnoughChinaCrap Now!…

After Mets pitcher Max Scherzer spent New York's early Spring Training game against Washington playing with the pitch clock rules and throwing off batter timing, MLB has come in and shut him down: The new so-called "Scherzer Rule" or point of emphasis states that pitchers no longer may come set prior to the batter becoming alert in the box; umpires are to award a penalty of an automatic ball if the pitcher violates (after being warned or instructed to wait until the batter is alert before coming set). HP Umpire John Bacon called the automatic ball infraction multiple times (after a warning the first time) during an Angels-Dodgers Spring Training game, with the last auto-ball penalty occurring during the very last at-bat of the game, which ended via a walk-off walk for the Dodgers. To be clear, this is not a new Official Baseball Rule but instead a new point of emphasis or procedural/protocol change for umpires, stating that the Scherzer strategy of coming set before the batter is ready in the box, while legal just one week ago, is no longer to be permitted and, instead, will result in a pitch clock violation penalty for repeated infractions. Video as follows: Alternate Link: LA walks off LA on auto-ball due to outlawed Scherzer strategy (CCS)View the full article

DOH

If you need crash test dummies, you know which way to look. 😁

Seems to have changed, in spring training at least.

#forumpresbyumpires

You know...if stuff like this continues to happen? They are going to send Skynet to take our jobs... My God...eject the player! He held the bat out over the plate "showing" you where he thought the pitch was! Eject him, don't give him the Eff-You-Strike-To-End-The-Game, move! ~Dawg

Yep, there’s proper recourse and procedure for these situations. There’s no defense for this. Scott Taylor once told me at his cbua camp, in regards to umpire conduct, “don’t do anything I cannot defend.” This is a textbook example.

I have this version I copied from an LL Umpire RIM to use in a manual I created for my local LL. Hope I attached it correctly and is something you can use. Umpire in Slot .docx

Asking $165 shipped in the cont. USA New, old stock. Some scuffs and yellowing due to age, but you can't find these anymore - let alone in unworn condition!

It does not come out and can be washed in cold. The padding is a proprietary 4mm thick foam that disperses 90% of an impact. Ch2ck out @thighpro in instagram for some videos. Thanks!

UPDATE!! Here are the pics of the gray version, as well as "on leg" pics under the Smitty plate pants.

As a former college coach, I can only comment that the play was executed wrong (the ball should be bunted up the first base line to get PU's sight-line and immediate attention away from 3B), and is run much more than we catch on. I was taught this play when I played in college 16 years ago and have taught and run it as a high school coach. The play happens so fast, that if the pitcher is working out of the wind-up, R2 can conceivably be past 3B in the baseline to third before we can see any touch, even if we do everything correctly. This does indeed make it a huge hole in the 2-man system. Coaches scout the umpires on bunt plays like this and if both in a 2-man follow the ball on the bunt and throw to 1B, it can be run all day long without being caught. So, this is surely a situation that should be pregamed, especially in high school ball where squeeze plays come out of nowhere. Take this thread as a notice. Do NOT get caught with your pants down in this play. It's a very fast pace play that we need to focus on.

No