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You've determined your own answer... ... sand the back of your head, and apply some pine tar.

Tried it. HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!

What? He's allowed two pumps.

I sanded the back of the helmet and then applied some pine tar. Seems to be working, but the helmet itself seems to be kind of large. I wear a 7 3/4 hat and the L/XL helmet seems to slip around.

Interesting dichotomy of lobbying for all ABS, because of the delay in appeals. Then 2 paragraphs later he would subject all basepath calls to review/adjudication. At least be consistent by saying, rather, “I just don’t like umpires, let the computer call everything.”

Rules citations aside, let’s go with your gut intuition – you felt that (your) Runner did something improper (by not re-touching 3B on Last Time By (LTB)). You said as much. Now, the defense might have been tipped off by you directing your Runner to retouch, but they were compelled to appeal. Obviously, an umpire witnessed how your Runner improperly ran the bases (and didn’t touch 3B LTB), otherwise he would have signaled “Safe” on the appeal; we are trained to not call Out a Runner who we did not see do a violation or improper action. So you’ve got yourself (your Runner’s coach), the other team, and at least 1 umpire who felt he did something improper. I think your Runner’s in the minority. Who are these others?* *- the real effect hits home when you say this in Jerry Seinfeld’s intonation.

The umpire's likely an idiot. Or you're leaving out important information. ARod screamed in the fielder's ear as he ran by - there is nothing in the OP describing a similar action. Simply saying/calling "foul ball" isn't interference...mainly because "foul ball", even if improperly called by an umpire, would/should never prevent a fielder from continuing to make the catch. Edit: ARod also screamed something like "I got it" - so, beyond the fact that the proximate scream itself which would startle/distract the fielder (which should be enough), the words would also reasonably cause a fielder to back off from the catch..."foul ball" would not, so we're left with whether or not the coach's actions startled/distracted the fielder.

A little mask lineup for you guys today. I’ve got four different setups, and I’m curious what you’d change! [emoji3595] Top Left — All-Star Titanium This is the mask I used when I was still catching. I still absolutely love the way this one feels. It’s got black Team Wendy pads paired with an Umplife harness. [emoji3595] Top Right — Honig’s Pro Line Navy Honig’s Pro Line frame with tan Team Wendy pads and a navy Honig’s harness. What I wear for Michigan high school games. [emoji3596] Bottom Left — Honig’s Pro Line Powder-coated Metallic Sky Blue by Tony at Mask It Sports. Paired with black Honig’s leather pads. (Shoutout to@MadMax for the color combo!) [emoji3596] Bottom Right — Davis Mirage my newest addition. Haven’t used it in a game yet but looking forward to trying it out! Man this thing is LIGHT. What pad color combinations should I try next? I’m especially curious about red pads on the navy Honig’s. [emoji837][emoji838] I’m also considering moving the tan Team Wendy pads over to the Davis Mirage. What other pads are y’all rocking with your Mirage? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So following the runner's "logic"...if he had run all the way back to second base, stopping one step short of touching it, would he be able to proceed directly to home over the mound because he had already touched third base? As a coach, my message to this coach is simple: your player is an idiot. Besides that, he explicitly ignored his coach's instructions. 1. I'd bench him the remainder of the game for the latter 2. At next practice he'd be doing a few extra laps around the warning track for the former. When you do what the coach says, you're in the clear if the coach is wrong - it's fundamentally operating with cover. If you don't do what the coach says, FAFO.

@gally7778 showing mid-late December but that's subject to change.

The "last time by" the base is the touch that matters. See relevant rules and interpretations in this video from Close Call Sports:

"5.09(c) Appeal Plays Any runner shall be called out, on appeal, when: (1) After a fly ball is caught, he fails to retouch his original base before he or his original base is tagged; Rule 5.09(c)(1) Comment: “Retouch,” in this rule, means to tag up and start from a contact with the base after the ball is caught. A runner is not permitted to take a flying start from a position in back of his base. Such runner shall be called out on appeal. (2) With the ball in play, while advancing or returning to a base, he fails to touch each base in order before he, or a missed base, is tagged;" And from the MLBUM: Passingbase.pdf

I had somewhat of the same problem. Go to the All-Star website and buy Large padding for the "SC900". Once you get it, use a combination of the XL padding and the large padding to get a better fit.

Like this one? Yeah, it draws a bunch of attention. It's only really an option on a "still wearing 🤬 navy" game, or an Eric Gregg -throwback game. If @DerekGDS issues red pad socks before sky blue or sand-tan... I'll toilet-paper his house. #DoNotNeed

It has been very interesting watching (and chatting with) the umpires of the WPBL this summer. If you had told me there were two umpires who had ejections, I could have told you which two without knowing. Your demeanor coming on the field and while on the field is very telling.

attempt at directly playable video Illegla Pitch into a HBP MLB SFG Giants vs LAD Dodgers 2026.09.19.mov

some stats through the 17th--about 2 more plate jobs for most before season ends and could move the needle highest stats for 56 full time umpires working the plate for the season so far--28 umps needed for Wild Card (includes 4 in IR) and 28 needed for DS (includes 4 in IR) before moving on to LCS and WS. Visconiti 95.04, Ripperger 94.81, Moscoso ".54, Ceja ".51, Conroy .49, Morales .47, Tosi .40, MacKay .34, Tomlinson .31, Valentine .31, Hamari .25, Bacchus .21, Rehak .14, Tumpane .07, Gibson . 06, Libka .06, Wegner .02, Wolcott 93.97, Little .94, Merzel .90, DeJesus .85, Carapazza .81, Hanahan .78, Muchlinski .77, Additon .77, Hoye .67, Walsh .66, Reyburn .66, Tichnor .62, Barksdale .59, May .54, Beck .53, Lentz .51, Porter .50, Clemons .50, Livensparger .49, Rackley .45, Emil Jiminez .41, Wolfe .40, Guccione .39, Blaser .33, Bellino .33, Wills .29, Vondrak .29, Barry .25, Ramos .22, Whitson .21, Eddings .20, Baker .18, Miller .17, Marquez, .10, Hudson .07, Barrett .06, Miller .03, Blakney 92.92, Ortiz 92.90 courtesy of ump scorecards and yes there could be mistakes and misspellings etc. sorry if that happened. E on the stat copier. added 9/23--and this past sunday or monday at the latest, per mlb 2025 media guide, umpires for the Wild Card and Division Series must be notified one week before the end of the regular season of their assignments, unless the policy changed, and that will also be the pool of candidates for the LCS and WS. now, has someone been on concussion protocol or other reason and forced to miss a WC or DS, but did get an LCS assignment, who knows. and those who do not have the plate before the season ends or have replay, and do not work the plate in the WC or DS, and then get game 6 or 7 in an LCS or WS, have gone quite a while without working the plate at all.

I dont think I have ever seen MM apologize, so Eddings has that going for him.. He likes to argue and is always right, as far as he knows. If you care to see....

His measured performance equals 💰💰💰 Crash Davis: You know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It's 25 hits. 25 hits in 500 at-bats is fifty points, okay? There's six months in a season, that's about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week, just one; A gork, a groundball—you get a groundball with eyes—you get a dying quail...just one more dying quail a week, and you're in Yankee Stadium.

Davis Mirage with Custom All-Star FM4000 Pads. Shout out to @concertman1971 for doing me a solid on these impossible to find pads.

I'm back in the game after a several year hiatus. I've been using the F3 Defender for a few years as a men's league catcher, so it was a logical decision to replace my beat up steel Dyna-Lite with TW pads. Speaking as a catcher, the biggest adjustment to this mask was how much farther the bars were from my eyes compared with other traditional masks. Thankfully men's league pitchers aren't sitting 96 with a slider at 89. Having read the @MadMax At Face Value treatise, I'm intrigued by the next generation of magnesium masks by Davis. I don't at present, however, feel the need to possess two high dollar masks (plus the trusty Dyna-Lite) to work 15-20 high school games. This is probably not in the spirit of the U-E community but it is definitely in the spirit of staying married.

GD Mirage Liquid Gunmetal by Tony at Mask-It

You know why, right? Because they are OBSstINaTe.