johnnyg08

Appreciate this. Thank you for the response.

If I have to sell a ball call, I'd prefer to try and call it a strike....otherwise the cadence and projection remain the same.

That's about right.

Thank you for your response. I guess I'm referring to conversations with those who are not officials and/or are not familiar with the system in any capacity other than when they go to games, there are almost always officials there and it's not magic.

Getting "thumbed" is not a life threatening injury. Let it play out. I wouldn't put it past some to actually coach this.

To those of you who assign/schedule...how do you explain what you do to folks who have no clue what goes into doing it or that it is even a thing? Or relatable/congruent topics...

And...the announcer audio stays on....because. 🙂

There was a time 10-ish years ago where there was pretty good access to professional training manuals. Right now, that time is gone...but maybe it will cycle back?

Good job. He needed to go. You can stop sign him and when he continues (they usually do) send him. Too many umpires let this stuff fester and it turns into a big ol' mess later in the game. I had basically the exact same EJ as this last summer. 1st or 2nd inning. Coach was counting on pickoff attempts. Sigh. You'll always regret the ones you miss. Well done.

Boom! Great find!

Under that premise...does it matter when that takes place? IOW, F1/DH bats as the DH and gets a base hit. Coach then tells the plate umpire that they're dropping the DH and would like #22 to courtesy run for their pitcher.

I haven't been asked this before...I have some thoughts, but wanted to put it here to see what, if any, discussion can occur. Can a coach drop the "DH" in the P/DH so they can courtesy run? If it matters, let's assume that the F1 in this case has been pitching the entire game.

Wanna by mine? Never worn. They run big.

This right here. "I'm talking to my catcher!" 🙂 *side eye

no.