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Wrong. Gomez admitted he instigated the fracas in Atlanta. Carlos Gomez ✔ @C_Gomez27 Follow I would like to apologize first to the fans, MLB, my teammates and the Brewers organization as well as the Braves organization. Carlos Gomez ✔ @C_Gomez27 Follow The way I carried myself on the field is unacceptable, I should have done better to control myself and set a good example.

Not to pile on, but we should avidly enforce safety rules. Compare: F1 uses hybrid stance, plunks B1 in the head, B1's lawyer uncle sues the umpire and a host of others. CLAIM: umpire should not have allowed F1 to use hybrid stance. Judge laughs aloud before dismissing complaint. F2 uses unapproved helmet, gets hit in ear by deflected foul ball and sustains injury: F2's lawyer uncle sues the umpire and a host of others. CLAIM: umpire should not have allowed F2 to use illegal equipment. Nobody laughs; lawyers for insurance company settle for an undisclosed sum; state association revokes PU's license to avoid further liability. Guys who ignore the jewelry rule are also liability time bombs. I agree. This isnt even happening in a scrimmage. Why allow it. If you do then you get the "but you allowed it before..." You are opening yourself up to all kinds of legal issues since you decided to ignore the rules because you wanted to. I totally agree. However there were 15 other umpires out there and I didn't get behind the dish until the 4th inning. To be honest I didn't want to rock the boat too much.

A FED rule that I rarely see enforced is F2 wearing a two-piece mask and skull combo. My assigner tells us not to allow this, but sometimes I feel I'm the only one enforcing the rule. I had a scrimmage earlier this year and F2 was wearing the mask/skull combo. I told him (and his head coach) in regular season I wouldn't allow it. Of course I draw that team opening day and F2 comes out with illegal equipment. He and his coach were both stunned that I made him change gear. Am I grabbing the brown end here?

What would your mechanic be on the situation above? I would imagine that when PU announced strike 3, the BR would probably freeze.

On a similar note, while reading the case play above I looked at the preceding situation, 6.2.4 H. It states: 6.2.4 SITUATION H: R1 is on third base. There are two outs and B4 has a count of 3-2. While F1 is in motion, B4 requests time-out, which is not granted, and steps out of the box with (a) one foot or (b) both feet. F1 delivers a pitch that sails over F2’s head. B4 advances to first while R1 scores. RULING: In (a) and (b), the run counts. B4 is charged with a strikeout and remains on first base. Since B4 did not intentionally try to cause F1 to balk or throw a wild pitch, the umpire shall not eject him. The ball remains live. (7-3-1 Penalty) Can someone explain how if there are two outs, the run counts and B4 remains on first base but is charged with a strikeout? Is it a dropped 3K?

I have always thought about obstruction in simple of terms. In my mind, the only way I would negate an obstruction is if there was MC, or the runner leaped over the player. Other than that, I can't think of any rule that would negate an obstruction (though I'm sure there probably are).

Ok then, why is the coach wrong? What am I missing? Why can't R3 return to third base?

Had a strange one yesterday at a game I was watching. Here's the sitch: R2 R3 1 out Batter bunts to F1 who does a great job of looking R3 back to bag. F1 then throws to F3 for out 2. During this, R2 for some reason advances to third. R3 then runs home, where F2 is waiting with the ball. As R3 retreats back to third, F5 clearly obstructs him. R3 is tagged out. OC argues obstruction, but umpire says no obstruction because once R2 touched third, R3 had no right to the base. My reading of 8-2-8 doesn't support this and I didn't find anything in the case book. Whatcha got here?

How about a 3K that "lodges in umpires mask or paraphernalia?"

I'll give it a shot. 1-hit 2-BB 3-ROE 4-CI 5-Dropped 3K 6-HBP 7-FC 8-Umpire Int. 9-IBB?

It's on the NFHS website now.

Pony has its rule book online. You can view it by going to http://pony.org and clicking on the rules tab on the left. 95% of the book is adminstrative. Chapter 9 deals with actual playing rules. It is basically OBR with some rules regarding when runners can lead off, etc.

I would rule verbal OBS based on 2.21.1A. But, by the "letter of the law," I'm not so sure I would be correct. In the case play, F6 is yelling "get back" to the runner. In the play described above, F6 yells "I got it." Technically, he could just be calling off F4. He is not talking to the runner. Bush league, yes. Verbal obstruction? I'm not so sure.

If in the umpires judgement, he is "obviously abandoning his effort to touch the next base" he can be called out. Does not have to reach dugout. It would be nice if it was clearer in 7.08.

OBR It is USSSA rule and policy that managers are responsible for players, coaches and parents. Also remember TD had already taken initial responsibility and issued the warning for their actions outside the fence. Not trying to start an argument or nit-pik, but here is the USSSA rule on ejections: USSSA Rule 11.02 Any player, coach, manager, sponsor or spectator whose conduct is unbecoming or abusive shall at a minimum be reprimanded with a warning. If warranted, the offending party shall be ejected from the game at the discretion of the Umpires and / or the League / Tournament Director. You can eject the fan, but not a coach for the actions of a fan. Here is the OBR rule (9.01.D) Each umpire has authority to disqualify any player, coach, manager or substitute for objecting to decisions or for unsportsmanlike conduct or language, and to eject such disqualified person from the playing field. If an umpire disqualifies a player while a play is in progress, the disqualification shall not take effect until no further action is possible in that play. Doesn't say anything about a spectator. Once the TD stepped in and warned the spectator, you have every right to suspend the game until the TD removes the offending spectator, but you cannot eject a coach or manager for spectator behavior.

Just wondering from the initial post; What rules were you playing under where you have the discretion to eject a manager for something a spectator says?