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They weren't loving your zone when on offense, They loved you on Defense. You are spot on to evaluate your part in this and adjust if necessary. But always remember this, if they love you all the time, you may not be doing your job. If your association has the confidence to assign you, take the game and learn something from every game you work and everyone you work with. It will be something to do, or something not to do. Nobody goes to the ball park to watch a walk-fest.

DON'T QUIT! Ignore, Acknowledge, Coach, (use his name if its the Manager, for the ASSistants,... COACH!) We are not discussing judgement calls. Warn, don't be vague. "Nic This is your warning". Restrict/ or Eject. Balls and Strikes EJECT! Stop this early. My EJ report would read like this , In the bottom of the 5th Nic the home team Manger was ejected for Unsportsmanlike conduct and disregarding the instruction of the official. After a warning that there would be no further discussions of judgment calls ( specifically balls and strikes) Nic continued his unsportsmanlike like display and was ejected.

ONE MAN - DIDN'T SEE IT, DIDN'T HAPPEN. WATCH THE BALL, IT CAN END UP IN YOUR EAR!

Are those the new dual climate jackets????? head gear????? 80 degrees feels like 84, @ 8:32 am Nokomis, FLA. What was Ventura thinking?? Can't fix Stupid.

Can't find any 2015 OBR changes regarding visits to the mound. 8.06 A professional league shall adopt the following rule pertaining to the visit of the manager or coach to the pitcher: (a) This rule limits the number of trips a manager or coach may make to any one pitcher in any one inning; (b) A second trip to the same pitcher in the same inning will cause this pitcher’s automatic removal from the game; © The manager or coach is prohibited from making a second visit to the mound while the same batter is at bat, but (d) if a pinch-hitter is substituted for this batter, the manager or coach may make a second visit to the mound, but must remove the pitcher from the game. A manager or coach is considered to have concluded his visit to the mound when he leaves the 18-foot circle surrounding the pitcher’s rubber.

LL tried it a few years back, coaches not understanding the purpose intentional walk, the abuse was rampant. They would start the inning by loading the bases maybe even walk in a run to get to the weaker batters. LL dumped it after 2 years.

READ/CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!! No time to pause,...small field. Let the plate guy get the non-trouble balls to the outfield, but he needs to make it to the front edge of the mound in the direction of the ball. HEAD ON A SWIVEL, It might end up in your ear, and is probably not going to where you think it should go.

GO JOE !!!!!!!!!!, nice and smooth. Only thing better "Skip, this young man needs a time out. Make him stand with his nose in the corner for the next inning, who's the new catcher?" I'm getting to old for this chicanery.

I love when everybody is doing there JOB! Great Catch........WOW!!!!!!!!! Varsity 3 Man in Calli, Awesome!! Same hear in Sunny FLA!!

any word on 2014 rule changes????? in particular 3rd to 1st.

You need to get a line up and have all the changes reported through you 'MANDATORY PLAY' Last Night sitch. Championship 11 yr. olds. team has 12 players. Bottom of the 4th, notice the visiting team Manager making defensive changes. "coach do you have changes for me?" He said, "Yes, but I'll give them when they come up to bat" ?????????????? I responded, need them now. Reported changes to the press box above. Love it when the press box is above, everybody in the park hears the changes. The key here is Mandatory Play- had I not noticed, and the Manager reported offensively in the top of the 5th, when he re-entered his subs in the top of the 6th the official scorer would have notified me that they had not completed the six consecutive outs as required, and well, you can imagine where it would have went from there.

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I remember that first time I did one of these tournaments. The TD handed me the card.. what is this I ask? the score card, she says. I replied, Umpires don't keep score that's the coaches job. Her Response........We Can't trust the coaches. At least she was honest.

Com'on BIG, when I look at his screen name, the last half is a required trait, to take on the responsibility as an Arbiter. All joking aside. Update your profile to show where you are geographically, this will allow someone close to you that frequents this site to point you to the associations in your area and possibly mentor you. Once you do, suit up and show up, shut up, and be ready to learn. You are a UIC's dream, no experience and willing to learn.

Welcome! Strikes and Outs, get you to the house. Seriously, this is a great resource, us it wisely.

No running hammer. A strong YES HE DID, with a safe signal, on a check swing.

Never Tell anyone what your strike zone is! This debate will live forever! LL 9-12 yr olds..... 6 innings X 3 Pitched or Swung at Strikes = 18 pitches and no days rest..... What a wonderful world it would be. Now back to reality.......... or, as the troop from Monty Python would say... Now for something completely different......... Wiki on the Strike Zone Note the Curt Schilling ref. Enforcement While baseball rules provide a precise definition for the strike zone, in practice it is up to the judgment of the umpire to decide whether the pitch passed through the zone. Historically,[citation needed] umpires often call pitches according to a contemporary understanding of the strike zone rather than the official rulebook definition. Many factors have contributed to the divergence of the official and conventional strike zones in Major League Baseball. Changes began in the 1970s, when umpires upgraded their chest protection in favor of more compact vests allowing them more movement.[citation needed] Crouching lower meant lowering their line of vision, and caused the boundaries of the strike zone to sink lower. Thus, the strike zone was often enforced such that pitches above the waist were balls, and pitches a few inches outside of home plate were called strikes. As pitchers lost the higher strike zone, they began throwing lower and to the outside, which caused hitters to move much closer to the plate. At the same time, there was a shift in attitude among both players and league officials regarding pitches thrown inside. While pitchers of the 1960s such as Bob Gibson regarded it a pitcher's right to throw high and inside,[citation needed] later batters were more likely to take offense at such treatment. Major League Baseball also tightened its rules prohibiting pitchers from intentionally hitting batters, removing the warning pitchers formerly received before being ejected from a game.[citation needed] Soon, hitters moved closer to the plate and looked for the ball outside. In 2001, Major League Baseball directed its umpires to call pitches according to the official definition rather than the conventional one.[citation needed] Umpires were to call "high" strikes and "inside" strikes, while pitches just off the outside part of the plate were to be called balls. The umpires demonstrated limited compliance for a time, but before long the de facto strike zone had returned to the conventional definition. Shortly thereafter,[specify] Major League Baseball began privately evaluating umpires based on the QuesTec pitch-tracking system. Most umpires, players and analysts, including the authors of a University of Nebraska study on the subject,[4] believe that due to QuesTec, the enforced strike zone in 2002-2006 was larger compared to the zone in 1996-2000 and thus closer to the rulebook definition. Some commentators, such as Tim Roberts of covers.com, believe that the zone has changed so much that some pitchers, such as Tom Glavine, have had to radically adjust their approach to pitching for strikes.[5] In 2003, a frustrated Curt Schilling took a baseball bat to a QuesTec camera and destroyed it after a loss, saying the umpires shouldn't be changing the strike zone to match the machines.[6] In 2009, a new system called Zone Evaluation was implemented in all 30 Major League ballparks, replacing the QuesTec system; the new system records the ball’s position in flight more than 20 times before it reaches home plate.[7] Much of the early resistance from Major League umpires to QuesTec had diminished and the implementation of the new Zone Evaluation system in all the parks went largely unnoticed. Like the old system, the new system will be used to grade umpires on accuracy and used to determine which umpires receive post season assignments.[8] "You can't pitch fastballs inside anymore, and you never get a called strike with a fastball inside," said former pitcher Gene Garber.[9] Defense loves it, offense Hates it.

Burn Notice Quote: You know spies. A bunch of bitchy little girls. Good news for you (though) I'm a drunk and a washout already so I can talk to anyone I want – burned or not. — Sam Axe The same could be said for UMPIRES. I can identify with your comment. Member since July 2010 and I've posted 17 times 18 counting this one, and read hundreds. The negativity that seeks its way into some of the strings, serve as a reminder to me. Have Fun, don't bait others, let the game come to me, and when it gets personnel.........EJECT the offender!!!!! We have to stay in the game. So, I'll continue to read, work to help the newbies when I can, and shake my head at the chirping.......... "I picked the wrong day to quit drinking"...... had to sneak in a AIRPLANE quote Enjoy the Vacation.

There were issues in the material on the earlier models. They replaced mine no problem. It comes with a set of clothes folders. I highly suggest buying and additional set. I now use one of the long ones for pants, and the other for folded shirts, eight shirts in fact, no more hanging bag. The smaller I use for the ball bags. Order two sets of shoe bags from Honigs, and your set, everything you need in one bag. CP, Mask, and Shins go in the bottom.

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But he's only 9, 10, 11, 12, .....17. There was no intent to deceive. But we don't teach them to use the running lane. They don't have to come set if they do it the same way every time. He was just trying to help, when he picked up the live ball. You can tell your child to stay away from the mouse traps at Grandpa's farm all you want. It's not until they come walking in the room crying and the trap is clamped to their little fingers................ Every time my daughter saw one after that, "Don't Touch That It Will Get You" Inconsistency Is The Umpire Corps Biggest Problem!

Thank You Stan.... SPOT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes Coach the Tie does go to the Runner..................IN KICKBALL. Reference Section 10, rule 10.06 http://www.kickball.com/files/KICKBALL_OFFICIAL_RULES_2012.pdf When dealing with coaches, I have to remind myself, DON'T POKE THE BEE HIVE WITH A STICK. A Simple "not in baseball" is probably the best response.

Baseball it's Ball! Unless he offers, and OP makes no reference of an offer. LL Softball has made this a strike.

When I heard this my response was, "WHAT? The umpire agreed? I know of no rule set that supports this, you'll have to find that one and show me". Guys, I don’t claim know everything, I’m pretty sure on this one, and can’t find in any Baseball Rule Book. Even went to www.kickball.com to see if they made any changes that could be creeping into our world, no changes there.... So, read the situation below, feel free share your thoughts, and most of all, Make it a Great day! “The base runner slid past third base and in to foul territory. So much so it took him quite an effort to return to the base as he slid almost a body length past it. He did however beat the defensive player to the bag and avoid the tag, BUT being so far off of the base warranted the out†P.S. If there are any local or organization specific rules out there to support this, please…I don’t even know what to say. Take care