dleavitt39

I'm a hockey ref, I was watching a tournament out by me this year. Joe Sacic and Adam Foote had their 12 year olds on the same team. They went undefeated to the championship and won it, all games were no closer than 10 goal differentials. DL

I've got an EJ on all 3. Make sure to report this assclown to the association. DL

congrats mazz!!!! keep us up to date on your progress!!! DL

I tried both in a few games(gold and platinum), and another person on this board summed it up best. I used to support the platinum...until I tried the Gold...then i was sold on gold. For my umpire style(I use a box, with a bit of a forward lean), the platinum just didn't fit snugly enough for my to feel safe around the collar bone. It flared outward with my forward lean. I switched to the gold, and haven't had that feeling since. The gold fits snugly, and right where I want it to be. Don't have to adjust it during the game, it's like I don't even know it's there, and as for the "bulkiness" issue you brought up, I found the Platinum to be bulkier because of that added front pad. The Gold has a bit more size over the shoulders, but it's very fitting down the front. DL

Best part abut the umpirehook.com video is the fact that the "intro" picture is of an ump cleaning the plate and HOLDING HIS MASK!!!!! DL

The association I used to be in charged $105/season, regardless of if you got games from them or not...I was sick of paying that much as a college student doing maybe 10 games/year, so I started my own association, no assignor fee, and now I assign 2 different leagues, approx. 400 games/season. DL

:cheers::wave::wave::wave:

I found this post on "my .02.....Long two cents" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Post Of The Month July, 2010"

Well, I managed to do it yesterday...very close play at first, could have gone either way. I get into position, he's sssaaaaaoouuutttt...with my left arm out like safe, and my right up like out.....so close I crossed up my entire body...ended up calling the out on the premise the runner must beat the throw, and this is as close as I've ever seen to a "tie" at the base. Thought I'd share. DL

Make sure it's a verbal yes, not just a nod of the head. DL

I found this post on "Legion HS Ejection" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Post Of The Month June, 2010"

He's on my fantasy team, so I'm hoping for big numbers...how bout a perfect game?

Got my Shock(steel one) before this season started...before I was using a UA that go recalled...got rid of that REAL quick. None too bad...one of them off the hand, thought it broke, still hurts 1 month later, but not enough to go to the doc DL

Had this at my game Sunday, still trying to figure out if I got it right. R1 , # of outs don't matter. FED rules R1 attempts to steal Second. F4 goes to take the throw, but is taken approx. 15 feet to the 1b side of the base, and right into the baseline. He drops to his knees to field the ball, and the runner, instead of running through/aroundF4, hurdles him. I call time, and think over the situation, I know I've seen in the rulebook somewhere about hurdling a fielder. In FED book, it's 8-4-2.b.2. I didn't remember the penalty for it, so I sent the runner back to 1st for hurdling a fielder that wasn't lying on the ground. I come home, pull out the rulebook, and see that the rule is under the "sliding" section. My 2 questions are this: 1. Was the hurdle legal since it was no where near the vicinity of where the runner would slide into a base? 2. If it was illegal, it says that penalty is runner is out. Do you call out a 10 y.o. when no one has a clear grasp of the rule, and at that age, the players don't have a good grasp on the game? Thanks! DL

Played from age 5 thru present. Played last year for my college's team, transferring this year, don't know if we have a team... DL