NorthTexasUmp

I'm not doubting you but who has stated to follow the new case play? TASO State Interpreter?

*2.9.1 SITUATION D: B1 hits a two hopper back to the pitcher. F1 gloves the batted ball but cannot get the ball out of his glove. He quickly removes the glove with ball that is securely stuck inside the webbing of the glove and shovels the glove to the first baseman who is in contact with first base. The first baseman catches the glove with the ball in it, just before B1 touches first base. Is B1 out? RULING: B1 is out, because F3 had secure possession of the glove and ball. 5.1.1 SITUATION Q: A line drive rips the glove from the pitcher's hand. The pitcher retrieves the glove, which contains the ball, and throws the glove and ball to the first baseman. RULING: Illegal. A fair-batted ball is dead immediately when it becomes lodged in player equipment. 2.9.1 Situation D is a new Case Play this year, it was not in 2018's book. Thoughts?

Once the ball is touched by the cather while over foul territory, the ball is determined to be foul. If he catches it, the ball remains live. If he drops it, once it hits the ground, the ball is foul.

If he does, it is Batter's Interference. With less than 2 outs, the runner is out. With 2 outs, the batter is out.

MAYBE the runner could not avoid contact. But he never even tried to. He ran THRU the catcher, that's what makes this MC.

He must return to the base where he was at time of pitch, in this case, second base.

This is very true. Our association started pressing this several years ago and now almost every school has a place for us to dress. It has also drastically cut down on the number of incidents involving fans and umpires after the game.

Almost got it right. With 2 outs, the batter should have been out. WIth less than 2 outs, then the runner would be out.

I actually had that this year. Ball 4 bounced, catcher blocked, ball went up in the air, catcher took mask off (yes, hockey style mask), ball bounced (on turf), catcher caught ball inside helmet. We awarded batter 2B. No arguments. Just a state of disbelief and bewilderment.

So what's the penalty if he doesn't? I know in NFHS, the penalty is he can not pitch in that game at all. So in this scenario no real penalty. But I do not know what the penalty is in OBR.

"Some other umpire"?? This was game 3 of the series meaning the same crew had the prior 2 games AND Davis was on the plate Monday night. And Yes, he does always stand there along with most of the Rangers. I agree with @kylehudson, laugh and tell him to move it back.

Without getting into how I know this, he told the rules interpreter that he called the balk for not stepping towards third. That should remove all supposition!

http://ntso.net/2016-USSSA_RULES.pdf Try this

In Texas, we have been told not to allow this. Nothing specific as to why other than "safety" but that's the ruling from above. And as usual, Maven comes thru with the ruling (as I was typing my original response).

Great!! Try a Savage Race and let me know what you think of the obstacle they call The Shriveled Richard!!

TX - yes

@VolUmp By "Point of no return", are you referring to the point at which we no longer impose any or all penalties?

That would make sense. Sorry. Answered too early this morning.

What ruleset? That is the correct call for FED. Balk is immediately dead.

Something like this?? http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/94951848/v1203913683

Finally got information from Arbiter. The schools/districts that contract with Arbiter for this payment service have the option to process 1099's themselves or, for a fee, to let Arbiter handle it all. The payments from the schools/districts that pay Arbiter to process the 1099's will be combined and a 1099 issued (if it is over $600) under Arbiter's tax ID number. And for the record, I report all my income.

I am looking for information from those who get pay thru Arbiter pay from different organizations or assigners. Here in Texas, for spring HS ball, each individual school or school district is responsible for paying umpires. Usually they mail us a check. In the association I belong to, we have enough school districts that we cover that it is extremely rare that any single umpire makes at least $600 from an individual school or district that would necessitate the issuing of a 1099. The past few years more and more school districts have gone to paying us electronically (ACH). Now it looks like several school districts will switch their payment process to Arbiter Pay. My question is this, does Arbiter Pay issue a single 1099 for all payments or is each paying entity (school/school district or assigner) still responsible for issuing 1099's? I am just trying to gather information. We have a board meeting next week and general meetings for all umpires start in January. We want to accurately and factually answer the questions that we will undoubtedly get.

This is interference. The batter must vacate the area of a play at the play if he has time, as in the OP. This is true in all codes.

http://m.mlb.com/video/v1178648883/laatex-hbps-lead-to-oberholtzer-scioscia-ejections Here is what lead to the warnings and subsequent ejections. Something I had never seen before was that Greg Gibson as U2 came in to issue the warnings. I had never seen anyone but PU issue warnings. Sidenote: Gibson must have been acting crew chief since Joe West was not there for some reason after being there the night before (see the ball "lodged" in the fence). What is not shown in the video was the half inning prior to the warnings when Carlos Gomez and Simmons had words near second base after Gomez was thrown out trying to steal. Gibson would have been able to hear that exchange.

Looks like he is OK. He was at 2B tonight for Tex-Hou!