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You might be trolling but if you don’t know Max’s opinion on the Schutt you haven’t gone very far into the archives of the website… 🤣

I would highly recommend taking the time to explore the archives and carefully review Max's contributions, as I believe you will find it to be an enlightening and worthwhile endeavor. Additionally, I suggest reflecting on your emotions and giving them thoughtful consideration before crafting responses. Remember that not every comment is meant to be insulting. It's easy to misinterpret tone in writing and I doubt any insult was intended.

What U2 saw The Play: U2 after the out at HP

You make a good point here Champ! It's important to self-diagnose something is off, get checked out if you're having lingering or excessive (your call again here) issues like we're trained to identify in others - and take time off and rest! Never rush back as it only increases the likelihood of the next impact causing more severe and/or longer-lasting damage. I've had a mild concussion (AS MAG on foul back in a JV game) and didn't realize it until I was having the worst plate game of my life the following day. I honestly was thinking of retiring after that one, I did that poorly. I was apologizing to the kids, F2's, coaches - anyone that would listen... when it hit me and I had that proverbial light-bulg moment - I must have a concussion! It felt like I was looking out of my eyes sideways, I just couldn't see a pitch well at all. I had no headache or other typical signs, other than my vision was"off". I called my assignor and took the rest of the week off and went back at it the next week with no further issues. It's very important to err on the side of caution and be responsible for your own health here. Don't be ego-driven and try to tough it out. It's too your advantage to rest up and recover and don't come back until you're ready.

... and a number of cases in LL for that ball being fair - and everyone standing around for a long time as PU blows out their elbow silently pointing fair over and over. 😂

Babe Ruth League uses OBR. OBR covers this question in an interpretation found in the 2021 Minor League Baseball Umpire Manual (section 5.20, p. 59): ...As long as the pitcher is not committed to pitch, a runner may advance and is considered to occupy the last base touched at the time the pitcher initiates his actual delivery to the batter. The preliminary motion known as the "stretch" is not considered the start of the pitching motion. From a Set Position, this is defined as the moment the pitcher begins the natural movement associated with his delivery of the ball to the batter after the pitcher has come set with both hands together in front of his body.

Don't be, brother...as @Velho said, "Where there is a will, there is a way." I'm not sure if that footage is actually JUCO or not but, in 2002 NFHS instituted a rule that permits umpires and coaches to use canes, wheelchairs and other mobility aids on the field of play during games. Additionally, the Wounded Warrior program has their own umpire academy which helps military veterans who are differently abled learn Our Craft. ~Dawg

The brain jarring around inside your head, even though it is a minute sized brain I have, is the reason I turned back my games for the rest of the week. Did not want to risk further damage by running around the field. 5 games.

This is excellent point, and why this is such a divisive topic. If we have the ball contacting the bat first, then we either will have a ball put into play, or Foul (hitting next the Batter, the F2, the PU 🫣😫🤬, or remaining in Foul Territory). Did he swing? Irrelevant / Inconsequential… it’s a batted ball. If, however, the pitched ball contacts the Batter first, that takes priority. The ball is Dead at that point. So, in all three codes, the next question that must be answered is – did the batter swing (strike at) that pitch? If he did, then it’s a Dead Ball Strike. If he did not swing, then we… go to a different question (based on code/level). However, that margin of interpretation is much, much finer, or thinner, in Pro-level OBR than any other level and code. In Pro-level OBR, they are able to review a pitch so as to determine whether the bat was contacted first, or the Batter. Of course, if it’s judged (not reviewable) that he swung, then the ramifications of the review are changed, especially with 2 strikes – therein, if the pitch contacted the bat first, then it’s just a (common) foul ball; if it contacted the Batter first, and he swung, then it’s a Dead Ball StrikeOut. Big difference. So yes, it is important as to whether or not the Batter swung.

This is a very relevant question at this time because if its a swing it cannot be reviewed in MLB

It's an irrelevant question. Doesn't matter if it's a swing or not. It hit the bat, it's a foul ball. It doesn't matter how or why...if it's a legal pitch that hits that bat, that's all that matters. There are countless cases, documented in MLB, of a pitch going over a batter's head and hitting their bat as they duck...foul ball.

And I have? That’s a start. I’ll see what else I can find… good grief, champ, I’ve written a lot on this.

Jon Miller's one of the best.

His timing on getting down for the pitch is awesome, However he did not seem to get all the way up before calling that strike. He needs to work on that for sure. 🤣

It maybe the worst baserunning in the history of the game, that play by play call is one of the best in the history of the game. Never gets old.

UmpLife harness. Just tight enough to not move, but not so tight that it won't twist or come off when hit by a baseball. Again, it was just a perfect storm type of situation.

Curious what the conversation was that didn't get this fixed in their conference.

It was this one (not the gold or platinum, think this was called the Wilson Professional.) They were on Amazon for a hot second.

Living in CA and being about a 8 hour drive from Cece in Windsor, CA it was not easy convincing myself that I really didn't have the money to drive there and get fitted in person. Lol