BrianC14
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But the upside is that shirts will be at UA prices. Oh, wait.... darn it.
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Appeal vs. Force, Scoring, and Why Someone Needs to Leave
BrianC14 replied to MadMax's topic in Situations
Oh really? Ask Bob Davidson (MLB Retired) -
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@FleasOf1000Camels - Unfortunately, this doesn't appear to be a situation where you would want to insert yourself. As an aside, did you post-game this with your partner?
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I make it a point to pre-game with guys that I haven't worked with: "If I come to you on a checked swing appeal, give me what you've got. I couldn't care less about being "overruled"... and what umpire doesn't like strikes? And besides, my ego fits in my 7 1/4 cap."
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I couldn't find it at referee.com.
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I wore them tonight; they are fine.
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I'm standing in line.... is there a new version of this in printed format?
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Are the New Smitty Performance Polyspandex the Next New Umpire Pant?
BrianC14 replied to JimKirk's topic in Umpire Equipment
I hate dust bowl fields. SWMBO hemmed the new Poly Spandex plate pants last night. Tonight I wore them for the first time... unfortunately, in a high school field that had baby powder dust all around the plate. The Poly Spandex were great, but one thing I noticed is that they tend to grab onto every bit of dust that can be imagined.... but that's more of a field problem than anything else. Standby, www.ump-attire.com , I'm about to order the base pants.- 379 replies
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Are the New Smitty Performance Polyspandex the Next New Umpire Pant?
BrianC14 replied to JimKirk's topic in Umpire Equipment
Could you enlighten us and measure them? Or just lay one leg of the Smitty's on a leg of the Honig's for comparison purposes? (Specifically, the base pants). Thanks. -
I have four older brothers. Need I say more? And don't even get me started on that evil ribbon candy.
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Are the New Smitty Performance Polyspandex the Next New Umpire Pant?
BrianC14 replied to JimKirk's topic in Umpire Equipment
So I've read some comments that the Poly Spandex base pants are closer to being something akin to combo pants relative to the width of the legs. Has anyone measured them vs. the width of the legs on, say, the original Honig's poly wools? How do they compare? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? -
No. It looks like a bowl of leftover candy canes from Christmas.
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For consideration: Umpire Replay Review LeaderboardUmpire Accuracy in Replay Reviews (Ranked by Review Affirmation Percentage [RAP]) RAP Umpire Rank 44.4% Hernandez, Angel 54
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That is awesome. They even updated the graphics. Very cool. You now have a customized, one of a kind CP.
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What is similar to a squeeze play? (Considering the timing and location of the involved players?)
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That's not this situation at all, though. We had R3 only. And locally, in the situation you describe, we have BU getting all the bases when the ball stays in the infield. The reason being that if you have HPU covering 3B on R1 going to 3B with HPU covering 3B, this could be trouble if the ball gets away from F5 and then the runner that went into 3B now attempts to get to the plate. Yes, HPU would have to be responsible for a play at the plate, but the positioning for HPU would be, shall we say, less than desirable.
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I wouldn't call it over committed to 1B, as both plays happened very quickly, and he made the call at 1B from his B spot, with B/R out by a good 45 feet. He is a good umpire, it's just that (in my opinion ) he choice of B position might not have been fully considered. His being straight lined was due to F5 coming inside the bag to take the throw, I think.
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In a word. Yes. But the pregame coverage consisted of " When the ball stays in the infield, you have the calls on the bases. " Pretty generic.
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So we all (I assume) get the idea of the base umpire getting his calls, including tag plays. Yesterday this situation presented itself. I'm at the plate, partner is in "B", R3. Apparently, BU had chosen B to stay to the weak side of the right handed batter. (Full disclosure: I would not and do not do this, but apparently he decided to go there). Batter hits a sharp one-hopper to F1, who looks R3 back and then throws B/R out at first easily. As F1 releases the throw to F3, R3 then moves quickly down the line toward home several steps and stops, and begins a slow retreat to 3B. F3 fires it back to F5 and a tag is applied, which is an easy call given my angle from my position. R3 is clearly out by a step or two (R3 was not sliding), but as I give a glance to BU, he doesn't immediately signal and instead is looking at me; it was readily apparent that he was straight-lined on the tag; that's understandable, and I recalled later that he would likely have been straight-lined even if he'd been in "C" due to the positions of R3 and F5. I immediately call R3 out. How would my fellow umpires have handled this?
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At the stated age level, it is likely that you will have pitchers that are what I call "experiments"; kids with little to no pitching experience and have received either last-minute or no instruction. It shouldn't be surprising to see that they have little control. All that said, there is no cutoff rule for how many batters he could hit. A quick question to the catcher or his coach about F1's experience could shed some light on the matter, not that there would be anything for you to do about it, UNLESS you begin to consider if F1 is doing this with intent.
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This wedge idea works; at least it did for me yesterday. At first the play didn't appear to me that it would be close, but the throw from F9 to F3 cutting off, then F3's throw to F2 was a bit up the line but still in fair territory a bit, I see the runner adjust slightly more to his left (closer to fair, but still in foul territory), and he slides in, with F2 sweeping from his right to left. I moved a step, maybe a step and a half off of 3BLX to my left (with F2 as he moves) and the view was just right. Kudos to you guys here at U-E for explaining this wedge mechanic, it saved the day !
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How about a rig like this?
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Holy moly - - just last night I was telling a buddy about my chance to go inside the Green Monster.
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Fewer golf courses = greater density.