grayhawk

They all click, but there's only a few where you can "feel" which number it's on with your fingers.

All-Star 4-Dial Die Cast Steel Umpire Indicator - 3/2/2 Count It's notched so you can feel which number each dial is on, so you don't have to look at it. It's quite heavy and can serve as a lethal projectile, if needed.

Honestly, HS games are easier to work than games with little kids. High schoolers tend to do things that are more predictable than the youngsters. The game management is about the same, given that frosh and JV games are mostly led by just baby sitters acting as coaches. They don't know the rules any better than your typical daddy coach, and the parents are just a smidge better than most LL parents. When I was in the HS association, we trained people that had never umpired before and some of them, especially the ones that take their craft as seriously as you do, started out pretty well.

When you are ready, I can get you in touch with the assigner for the IEAC.

Wait, what? Do you mean short right field?

Retired runner interference is an immediate dead ball. The runner approaching the plate clearly had not scored prior to the interference, so I can't see how the run scores. The tag attempt is not relevant, because the ball was already dead at that point.

There must have been more history with that official. Nobody gets fired for one bad call.

It's definitely the site. It's frustrating.

This is honestly one of the most perplexing plays I've ever seen. This appears to be a safety squeeze, but with the pitch coming inside, and the batter able to get the bunt down on the 1B side, it puts him behind the play rather than in front of it. In most cases, the batter would be out of the box well ahead of the catcher on a bunt. We also have a catcher that is positioning himself for the play at the plate without regard for the batter-runner. Does the BR intentionally initiate the contact with F2? I don't think so. It happens in a very tight space, he initially slips, which causes his head to come down and by the time he raises his head, F2 is right there. Usually, when we have ball, bag, runner and fielder, there is a play being made on that runner, but not in this case. Also, the ball seems to arrive in time for a play on R3 at the plate. So much going on! In the end, I have F2 obstructing the BR's path to 1B. The contact (hinderance) happens before F1 even fields the ball, so F2 cannot impede the BR's progress towards 1B. Obstruction on F2 before he reaches 1B. Immediate dead ball. BR to 1B. R1 to 2B, and I'm bringing R3 back to 3B as it's not clear to me that he would have reached home if not for the obstruction.

I'm square to the corner of the base - where the play is going to be.

Well, I'm just going to have to chance it. F1's at the D2 level and below have proven to be unreliable in being able to throw the ball within the vicinity of the bag.

I've been hit twice this season with pickoff throws from F1 while in A with R1. I know I'm getting slower, but has anyone else had this happen? Granted, I like to work close to the bag (10 feet), but this is getting ridiculous! I have moved back to around 15 feet from the bag since. I've been wearing a cup on the bases for years for just this type of scenario. On the second one, R1 dove back and the ball went under him, somehow missed him completely (seriously, this is nearly impossible), and bounced up and whacked my left shin. Am I alone on this, or have others experienced this shame?

Just found out this isn't all theory for me. While none of the D2 schools, as far as I know, are using the double 1st base, and one D3 school is (but I don't have any games there this season), there is one JUCO that is going to be putting one in where I do have games. Yay me.

You left off one: No play on the BR at 1st - BR can use either bag. (Rich beat me by a few minutes). But then there's these that offer complexity for U1: Close play, BR beats it but steps on the white bag. Out with a sweeping mechanic with the right hand. Play at 1st, but BR has both feet on the ground past the base. No call. DO NOT call time. BR is out on appeal (tag runner or step on 1st with unmistakeable appeal).

Not falling for it. I'm not going to be Rickrolled.