blindumpire99

Well what's wrong with hollering at Blue? Cause everybody KNOWS they're ALWAYs cheatin' for the OTHER team!

IMHO, 3 things have to happen on a tag... 1. the ball needs to arrive to the "tag applier". (fielder) 2. the ball must be properly controlled by said "tag applier" (fielder). 3. the tag must be applied to the affected "tagee"(runner) person by aforementioned "tag applier" BEFORE said "tagee" touches particular base in order to record the requested out from the "tag ruling judge" (ump) so applied for. Sounds purdy simple to me.. Phantom tag?? What's that, some game you play on Halloween?

My only question would be, did the cow ever display its anger over a call by dropping its sentiments around either liquid or solid based??

Ahhhhh I see...

Hmmmm..I like that approach..I think it would really work great when you have a catcher who suddenly decides he needs to take the pitch standing up, especially inside.. Using the GD stance does have that disadvantage..

Exactly on the moisture wicking shirt.. You need a "second skin" type shirt, one that fits tight, in order to wick the moisture away from your voluptous body. I never thought wearing 2 shirts would be cooler than wearing one.. DO NOT wear a cotton undershirt. It may breathe but it doesn't wick and there's where you get your comfort. PLUS- the skin tight wicker gets the girls who might be spying on you changing in the parking lot.. Us voluptous guys need all the help we can get... Warren in all seriousness and I apologize for my nosiness but why did you need shirts worked on by a seamstress?? Maybe make them tapered more??

I had a partner once that held both managers up after my plate meeting and proceeded to tell them a joke that, "you've just got to hear this one boys!" was his exact words. He began rattling it off and my blood starting boiling as it quickly became a trashy bathroom dirty joke. I was PO'ed first of all because he just had to tell his joke instead of being professional and let's play ball. When he got done with the punch line, he was the only one laughing--was him as both coaches just looked at me as if to say:WTF. Needless to say, I put it all in my game report and marked the clown off for the future. Nothing wrong with being friendly, but keep it professional..

be interesting to see what/how the radial bats test out...I'm sure there's a downturn to them somewhere..

After having an ass't coach come out to my between innings position in short right field a few years ago in a Cal Ripken game and threatening to kill me if I ever touched his kid again, my feelings on anything that remotely hints of potential physical troubles or anything that is carried into a parking lot, to me, is grounds enough to request, 1. immediate league officials intervention and/or, 2. law enforcement summonsing. In the aformentioned sitch, I had sternly cautioned the 9 yr old for an attempted malicious contact at 1st base. The 1st base rat ass't got heaved after getting in my face and accusing me of jerking the kid up by the arm (??? BS you lying punk:crazy:! I never touched no kid. How could I have even jerked him up? he's standing right here, 5 feet in front of me??) Better to have and not need than need and not have..

I was doing the dish in a Babe Ruth state a few years ago, R3 and R1, when the batter drilled one that dropped right against the bottom of the fence in right center field. The hosting "grounds crew" had a done a magnificent job of getting the entire complex looking great for the tourney except that someone had forgotten to "weed eat" in a stretch of grass against the fence in this particular spot. It was an area of about 6 - 8 feet long or so with grass reaching about a foot high. So I catch the R3 as he crosses the plate and move up the line to catch R1 coming into 3rd base. I glance back towards the general direction of the throw and, lo and behold, all I see is a dark blob of something screaming towards 3rd base. I first thought it was a small bird until I realized it was not THE white'ish colored baseball that SHOULD have been coming in, but rather an old, brackish colored, water logged glob of a baseball that the outfielder had picked up and thrown back into the infield to play. The runner beat the throw easily and I immediately called 'time' and asked for the "ball". Well here comes the DC out asking ( in so many terms) and then my partner is out in the outfield telling one of the outfielders to go get the REAL ball and throw it back in. I see them rummaging around in the grass and finally it comes back in. So now the DC is asking for INT because his boys "had to throw in" a heavy waterlogged ball. So the OC now thinks he oughta try his chances and asks for his own brand of INT (his word) because he could have scored his runner(s) since the real ball was not actually being played, ect ect.. I gotta admit, I was brainfarted and conferred with my partner about it. We both decided if the outfielder was dumb enough to pick up an obviously old worn out ball and toss it back into play, rather than the REAL ball which had to have been lying within a couple of feet of it anyway, that we had no choice but to let the play stand as it played out. The coaches were sportsmen enough about it, even while pleading their "case", even though we did all end up chuckling about with no hard feelings, and game on again. I did a JV game a number of years ago where both teams were not rivals but seem to have a good relationship towards each other as evidenced by a number of players conversing before the game as we arrived at the field. The game date was April 1st --I'll never forget.. The home pitcher in the top of the first took the mound with his own ball, as happens most of the time anyway. I really don't remember why or what happened that I was distracted from his warm up throws but I did happen to notice that the catchers mitt sounded funny and wasn't exactly popping when the last pitches came in. The first batter took his place, I put it in play, and I saw the pitcher grin. He uncorked one in, the batter swung and with a very dull "THUNK' fouled it off into the screen. I thought "hoooo-lee sheet!' that punk threw a rubber playground ball in here!" I immediately knew something was bad wrong but when I saw the ball bouncing off the ground it confirmed exactly what I had thought. I picked the ball up, the catcher sorta laughed a little and said "sorry Blue,". I asked him just whose idea that it was to throw this ball. He laughed, the fans were chuckling-- and I dumped both him and the pitcher. Here comes rat DF coach out like his butt was on fire wanting to know:WTF but when I showed him exactly , he chewed both of his players OUT:tantrum:! and apologized..Meanwhile the OC asked for, and got, a 0-0 count. He never pressed the issue but mentioned that the pitcher and batter were longtime friends who hung out togther a lot.

Lance??? Is it really you???:Horse:

I can echo Dave's problems with the POS jackets and the Honig's jackets. I also had to resew around the arms several times when they ripped. I will say that mine waited until the 2nd time that I wore it before it ripped the first time. and it was always around the rear shoulder area and underarm area. I will add that the navy blue is darker on the Honig's jacket and just looks sharper. I have the regular bottoms, not the elastic, so I can tuck the jacket inside my pants when in use. They also run a size large and, up until this year when I (ahemmm) "grew" a little bit, I actually weighed 225 and wore a size Large Honigs coat over my CP. I have now upsized to the Honig's XL while tipping the scales at a lean , mean, fighting machine, 240 and it still fits comfortable over my POS BB2000 gladiator protector. I still wear the L while on the bases and it feels roomy. But they do attract lint pretty bad. Just a question about the POS site. Is Dan just back temporarily selling off what's left, or is he attempting a comback ?

I wear my HSM with radio earplugs so I can have Tim He-who-shall-not-be-named and Joe Morgan up in the booth radioing down any and all correct rulings, ball/strike calls and observations so that I can do my job better and more efficiently. But seriously, I have worn an HSM for about 7 years and refuse to go back to a traditional. I have no problem taking mine off with my left hand with an indicator in it at the same time and I do it just like I did with the facemask (must be the large fat fingered hand, ladies:cool: hahaha). No problem with a 'safe' call. BUT, I am following what little research exists or may evolve henceforth concerning any valid testing of the HSM and concussions vs a facemask. And I am planning on getting a Wilson Shok as soon as I can get back onto the field fulltime, after my upcoming surgery, based upon the reports for you guys who wear 'em. And I am looking more at Gary Cederstrom's setup with the hockey goalie type neck protector. The carotid artery areas are no place to take a deep bruising from a shot.

Pssssst ! Hey kid,here a little indicator tip for you..But you should already be aware of it... NEVER roll your counter to what basically amounts to an incorrect count. Think about it as moblue gave you a light example of what could happen. Bonus tip for you...Take a knife or a pair of needle nose pliers and notch out your indicator wheels at the "0" number. That way, you can roll your indicator back to 0 after each batter and know you have it properly reset just by the feel of the notch on your finger. Make sure you make a big enough notch that you can feel it but not too big. It just looks a little more professional when you can reset your indicator without having to pull it up to your face and watch the little slot machine numbers tumble back to 0, PLUS-- chicks dig umps who can do this.. That'll be $5 or:givebeer:

Well the FED book does state that if a batter's feet are touching the lines, then he is considered as being IN the box. If one or more feet are down on the ground outside the lines when he contacts the ball, then he is out I wish I had my book in front of me and I could quote you a specific reference number. IMHO, at this level, if these morons want to stand on top of the plate, then good luck to ya, slick, and the rules will cover whatever happens with your stupidity. I had a similar sitch last year with a batter crowding the plate, like you described, and then leaned his left knee across the plate and took one in a ligament joint that put him on the ground calling for Mommy. I rung him for a dead ball strike and I thought the coach was going to faint. Little Johnny Dumb@$$ was replaced by a sub after explaining the rule to the coach and we played on. The key to the rule is that the ball must touch a batter IN the strike zone, which would mean, over the plate. The situation has come up again several times and I've had catchers turn around and ask me what are they supposed to do with a crowding batter? I've just told them, loud enough for the batter to hear it and hopefully act accordingly, "Just play your game and the rules cover anything that happens!" In NC last year, the state association mandated that ALL lines be drawn on the field, including the coaches boxes and even added a penalty of restriction to the dugout for non compliance prior to the game's start. It's worked well so far. (Unfortunately, they did not add any penalties for lines that look like a cop used a DUI suspect to draw them during a field sobriety test!) I say again, at this level, it would be your judgement as to exactly where the batter's box lines may be, just like if you had a dribbler up the line on an unmarked field. I say, you are right, we ain't the ones getting the coaching supplement to do their job---let them teach it. As far as the partner situation, I would officially diagnose him as a chronic sufferer of that Korean disease know as " Fuh-Kim". You definately should discuss his conduct with your assignor and mark him off for the future. On a more personal note, off the record so to speak, concerning your thoughts as a pitcher staring down some idiot crowding the plate----I concur with your plan of action:fuel:--we just can't say that out loud!:clap:

I can think of one, right off the top of my feeble minded head, that you will encounter and hear about from coaches on either side of the field, especially the defsnive side if/when you call it and that is the mythical "45 degree angle pickoff at first" from a LH pitcher. Balk movements rules state that you must step towards a base before throwing in order for it to be legal. Sounds pretty simple enough, right? So where does the 45 degree angle come into play? A couple of years ago, just before I had heard enough from a coach, told him so, and then heaved him, I asked him to show me in ANY rule book, anywhere, where it specifically said that a 45 degree angled step was a legal move for a pickoff. That step, to me, is more towards the plate, in theory, than towards first base, IMHO.

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It was a tough call and I'm glad I didn't have to make it, but I think the umpire got it right and that's the way I would have probably went. As far s Manuel and his tirade? BOOM! and that'l be $5,000 for touching the umpire!:nod:

Well, I can certainly tell you the smallest crowd that I've worked before --14. I worked a showcase one time and counted 37 in the crowd, maybe 3 scouts, and this was a deal with teams from as far away as New England area. I worked a #1 vs #4 in the state once that probably had about 500 - 600 and it was just a regular season game. I worked a Babe Ruth state championship once with a crowd of maybe 1,000 or so and that was a law enforcment estimate. They estimated it after we had to have them called in and they called in for reinforcements!:nod:

Any 0 -0 or 1 run game (NOT A SLUGFEST of course). The kind where you end up feeling like it's such a great quality game that you hate to see one team have to lose it.. As far as youth league stuff, give me the pitching machine league anyday! 5 pitches per batter, one umpire, no equipment needed, I stand behind the batter(s) so as to better judge the foul lines, I move out on hit balls like I do normally, and can make the calls with no problem. E-Z $$$$.. Plus the MILF section is always out in full force, usually hanging on or or having "perfect anatomically correct draping of strategic anatomical sections" sitting on top of the fence top railing, ect ect... I love this game!!

Yes, when the pitcher made a correct disengagement of the rubber by stepping backwards, he becomes an infeilder and the base award would be 2 bases from POB. He would get third...

NCHSAA rotates the championships around every year through the various booking agencies. The championship is a 2 out of 3 series so one, or two possibly, of your guys won't get the dish. My association did the 1-A finals last year. Another thing that I would suggest (Stan beat me to it already) is that you get your crew together before heading off to Chapel Hill and work on the 4 man rotations on a ball field itself somewhere. Don't just discuss the manual, but practice on a 60'diamond and then see if you can find a couple of youth league teams that would let you work a 4 man during one of their games either on a 60' or a 90' preferably. AND--when you guys show up, dress in ties and sport coats. Our guys did last year and drew a great review from Drebelbis. He said that our guys were the sharpest and most professional looking crew there because of their dress. Good luck, 81 !

he gets second base ONLY because the throw was made by the pitcher FROM the rubber and happened to be thrown out of play...The speed of the ball going out of play is irrelevant in this case..

Stan--- Please advise on the outcome of your order with pluspos.com, if you wouldn't mind, sir:)

If this were a FED game, there are 2 types of appeals. Dead ball and live ball. Given your situation, the coach actually made a correct dead ball appeal. Had the ball been live, all anyone would have had to done was make a verbal statement apealing the runner leaving too early or tagging the runner or the bag for the appeal to be successful, without the ball ever being "killed". I believe under OBR (brain farts R Us today) the ball would have to be live to make an appeal...