johnnyg08

Here's the direct link: https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/mlb/official-information/2026-official-baseball-rules.pdf I'm glad that some MLBUM stuff is officially entering the OBR.

These are really hard without video. Use the rule book as your supporting document...does the batter make any movement to hinder or impede? Unfortunately it seems as though the F2 has gotten poor instruction from somebody who things they "try this little hack that umpires don't want you to know"

Looks like an Ai response.

"Hi, we'd like to move today's 7pm game up to 1pm. We have a band concert that suddenly appeared out of nowhere"

Don't you know all we do is sit at home waiting for the phone to ring? We couldn't possibly be doing anything else.

Yet, when a team drops or moves a game for no reason or no good reason, and the crew loses a game...there seems to be minimal resistance. Isn't a placeholder essentially the same thing? It also eliminates that administrative scramble. In areas where there's no other association where they could pick something up, there's no harm in a placeholder.

There's nothing wrong with doing it for the money.

Does only a 60% success rate from our F2s show that coin flip pitches really are coin flip pitches.

And that is the challenge. In states that have done this, the ratings from the losing team where almost always lower.

Hopefully the group you're auditioning for also appreciates those who get their calls right. This is something so minor and inconsequential, it must be a very elite group to be looking at creases in pants. This group probably wants you to also remove the "MLB" logo on the shirt b/c "you're not an MLB umipre" even though said shirts are simply sold w/ the logo...it's not like it was put on their by the umpire. Sigh

TT HC didn't seem to put up too much of a stink as this one was pretty obvious. Refreshing.

What do we think? Does Penn State have a case or is the interference judgement vs a misapplication? NCAA 7-11-n “A whole bat is thrown into fair or foul territory, whether intentionally or not, and it interferes with a defensive player attempting to make a play immediately after the batter becomes a batter-runner. Interference shall be called; Note 1: The batter, after hitting a ball or becoming a batter-runner, has some responsibility about where they throw their bat so that it does not interfere with a defensive player making a play on the ball. However, once that initial play in the area of home plate is over, it would be unfair to punish the batter if the defense throws a ball toward home plate to attempt another play and F2 or another fielder steps on the bat.”

Hopefully they'd at least call it a foul ball.