Richvee

Where is this rule that says only pitchers and catchers may warm up in a designated bullpen area?

I’m with ya. I’m on a big believer in “well, what other rules don’t you want me to enforce today?” This one just seems like a loophole that hasn’t been closed.

I can't think of any of those 4,863 threads where the offense commits an infraction and is awarded a run that wouldn't score had the offense played by the rules.

The more I think about it, if this happens in a big ame with the chances of such a play going viral, either scenario could very well lead to a rule clarification/change.

If I got an argument from the offence, I might actually go to the MSU rulebook. "Coach, on that type of interference runners return time of pitch, so no run scores."

Exactly. So there’s no way I’d let them score that run. Protest if you want. I’d be interested in what they decide. 😁

Fair play and common sense? Do we really want runners interfering to score a run that otherwise wouldn't score?

Big day for big balk calls

OK, what am I missing? If an EQUAL amount of challenges were used every inning, that would be 11.1% per inning. How can 3.5% of the challenges be the highest inning?

Joe Public doesn't care. "perceived technological perfection". If the little dot is touching the box, they don't want to hear it might really be out of the box. As long as those horrible human umpires didn't blow the call and cost me money on my bet. This is the reality of the state of the game.

Sounds like R1 and R2 would be correct. The defense stopped playing when the umpire wrongly called the third out. It is umpire judgement where to place runners. So there's really no wrong or right rulebook answer. Umpires can award or return runners on bases to nullify their error, but the placement should be conservative. Unless R2 was basically at third by the time F3 caught the throw, I'm good with R1 R2.

It's almost like they took a loophole through the back door to change a rule. Calling it an editorial change in association with the double first base is a cop out. It's more like "we need to change this rule to match our interpretation. Let's just call it an editorial change and be done with it"

Nope. That’s not it. That’s correct.

This is the NCAA test. Nation wide.

I went with C. “A”simply states the foot touches the plate. Doesn’t say parallel. The answer “C” is word for word in 9-1-b

When I said "I have no idea" I didn't mean to imply anything negative, like "I don't know why I pay it". I just didn't know. State money?.. That's a different story. I'd bet a good chunk goes to the bureaucrat's salaries.

You are correct. But the way it was worded raised a question in my mind. I was under the impression, if we already had a reset with a runner on, and then we have a warning for starting to come set too soon, isn't a ball added because it's the second reset to the same batter? The way C is worded in #55 doesn't really say that. "With any runners on base, the initial warning is also the reset for that at-bat (even if the reset has already been used during the at-bat). Any further violations will result in a ball added to the count." App F 11B would suggest the reset due to the early start is the second reset and a ball is added.

My HS association is $80. Gets us a rulebook, and a banquette at the end of the season with some decent door prizes. 😏 Couldn't tell you what the rest is used for. The state grabs another $60 from us, which gets us nothing more than a background check, and a poorly written test each year. I think the state pays the Arbiter bill as well. We don't have high school assigning fees, so there's that. Bottom line, it's $140 of expenses for tax purposes.

This is a 4 man minor league crew kicking an umpire interference base award? wow.

The JB weld product worked well. If I didn’t open up the gash with that polish/ heat method first, it may have looked even better. I’ll hit this with a little more black filler and polish, but it’s now something I think I can live with. @ump7tony @boyinr Thanks for the suggestion

Size 11 or 12. Thanks for the offer. I have ordered the JB weld leather weld. It’s supposed to be here today. Thanks for the info. I will clean out the polish in the slice, and try the JB weld.

So I tried the polish/lighter and adding layers. Seems every time I hit it with a little heat, the gash opened up wider. There's a LOT of melted and solidified polish in there...Looks like I've got a pair of mudders and a pair of Mizuno plate shoes on Santa's wish list