Matt. L.

I was about to pull the trigger on the Davis Charcoal Plate Umpire pants until I chanced upon this thread. How does this new Smitty pants compare to that of the Davis Charcoal Pants? Both seems to be also made with "stretch" fabric and a darker hue of gray. The price is lower on the Davis @ $49.90...and the Smittys @ $59.99

I would go on 2 hands on my knees...in a set position over the catcher's head in a situation like this.

The one arm mechanic would be a right arm out to the side with a point? Almost like a pointing strike call? Thanks.

Any chance of sending a copy of the disc to SIngapore? The guys in this part of the world would love to see it... )

In this situation, it was a good pitch..belt level middle of the plate pitch. In any case, whether the batter swung at it or not, it will be called a strike. On that basis, it would be easier to defend your non-CI call, on the late swing. However, if it was a bad pitch, one likely to be called ball...but, if the batter offerered a late swing and you're inclined to call it a strike, then I would award the CI to be consistent with the strike call....if not, I would call it ball (ignore the late swing) and not give the CI. This would probably get us out of a jam with coaches.

Is there a reference to OBR on this subject? Thanks...

Just wanted to add that I had almost the same situation with a 10U team 2 weeks ago...grounder ball fielded clean by F6 near 2nd base threw it a tad high to F5 that had to jump a little to catch the ball in front of 3rd base...and on the way down to apply the tag, R2 came charging in standing up and shoved F5 with both hands and F5 landed on his back in pain. Time was called for injury...I recorded the out, motioned the coach over and told him to remove R2 from the game for unsportsmanslike conduct. Coach did not say anything turned around walked to the kid standing nearby...told the kid my decision and I saw that "why" look on the kid's face with open palms and started crying as he left the dugout with his stuff. It's as if he felt that he didn't do anything wrong.... By the way, this team was leading by 10 runs when the incident happened.... I shook my head and umped the rest of the game with a bad taste in mouth...

i don't know if anyone has experienced this...but, their order fulfillment takes an awfully long time. Have made 3 orders so far, the last 2 orders took almost 2.5 weeks to ship and my most recent order still hasn't shipped and the order was placed on April 29 and the charge to my credit card was made on the same day.

Was wondering if anyone watched Sunday's game, May 1 - Orioles @ White Sox? Top of the 1st, with 1 out, Gavin Floyd on the mound with Derrek Lee at bat, home plate umpire Cory Blaser called a balk on Floyd. I wasn't so sure it was a balk as Floyd stepped away from the pitching rubber with his pivot foot then turned his shoulder and took the ball out of his glove (almost at the same time). It's a 50-50 but, I wouldn't call it...what do you guys think?