The Adjudicator

I seldom see umpires asking kids to remove the hemp looking necklaces so popular in baseball.

Jewelry and Chewing Tobacco

Mike was very helpful this past fall when I was getting my Little League Forum off the ground. Never met the man but spent many many years reading and learning from his posts in several forums. Admin Leagueforum.org

Great Quiz, think I'll steal this Link for our Little League Forum Leagueforum.org

Thanks, just sent you a PM

If somebody were to be able to convince me they have the passion, dedication and energy to run a site like Umpire-Empire for another sport, I'd provide the technical side, software, serverspace, etc... How can I get in touch with you, I have a few questions about setting up a similar forum.

Nowhere in the rules is there anything that says you have to be able to catch up with a runner. Smart baseball players have been taught for years that when a runner is hung up between bases the fielder should run directly at him and make the runner commit. That is what is happening here.

Simple call, F6 has R3 hung up between 3rd and home and is making a beeline directly at him. If R3 stays put he will be tagged out by the pursuing F6 so R3 breaks and R2 interferes.

It's an advertisement for Musco Lighging and it is an insult to umpires.

Little League umpires at regional games and above often place baseballs in their shirts, this is not unique to Cynthia. I don't understand why they do it, my only guess has been that its better than your normal season relay of f9 to f3 to f2 which could take six overthrows, 2 misses etc..

I believe they use one of the umpires who is not assigned to the current game along with an official of LLBB

For those of you who would rather offer positive critique to these umpires rather then then tell everyone how much they suck would you offer any opinions/recommendations on the Midwest vs. Great Lakes game and the continual time out calls in the box. It seemed like there were many requests for time when the pitcher was starting his motion. It really got under the pitchers skin but was there anything there?

Wow, you guys are relentless. Volunteers who pay their own way around the world to umpire games, often work solo wiling to umpire whatever game needs coverage. Often work 9 year old softball one night, senior league baseball the next. Most important they dedicate hundreds of hours to little league each year so kids can play for $50 a season and never get turned away. Get your jockeys ripping them apart, these guys are all heroes in youth baseball

Our Baseball Board teaches this mechanic that whenBU is in B or C he can go directly to PU for help on a pulled foot. As for those who say you might not be watching you have to understand the if your Board accepts this mechanic, you better be watching because its your responsibility. "Joe, did he hold the bag?" "Yes, he did" "OUT!"

I've noticed that in the pros they are not calling the double set, I am guessing, however, that if you double set you need to double set every time. The difficulty is when the pitcher does not double set and tries to pick on the initial set as that is actually legal. It's the double set that would now get the balk. Seems odd that you might tend to let the double set go and then eventually call it.