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I was recently advised that any fencing on a diamond that is non vertical, such as the the angled in part of the top of the fence behind the backstop that some diamonds have, or the old "clamshell" diamonds, that have the horizontal fencing over top of the plate area, is out of play on thrown balls. For example on a play at the plate a throw comes in, bounces off the catcher, and goes straight up and touches any non vertical fencing, its out of play, you'd kill it and award bases. Is this correct, for OBR only? If so where is it found in the rulebook, as I don't see it

OBR, can a team make a checked swing appeal after a mound visit? On the previous pitch of course, and assuming there have been no intervening plays, given that a mound visit is not a play

OBR, bases loaded, 1 out, catcher IF is called when the batter hits a weak grounder to the infield, who throw home to get R3 on the force out, all other runners, incl BR, advance one base All runners, incl BR, did not get at least 1 base. 1. Do you accept the play or enforce CI? 2.Does the offensive coach have an option, if so what is it? 3. Do you only present the option if the coach asks you for the option, or do you present him the option whether he asks or not?

High School ball, OBR, RH batter, pitch comes in from a RHP, high and very tight, I'm PU and notice the ball is coming in directly at the head/shoulder area of the BR, instead of backing up or squatting down to avoid being hit the BR bends at the waist with his head toward the plate, pitch hits him in the helmet (his head was not in the strike zone at contact) Is it a HPB, do you give him 1B, or rule it a ball, as he intentionally got hit?

I do primarily OBR games, not including a new pitcher coming in due to an injury, how many warm up pitches are now allowed? I see the standard 8 pitch max limit has disappeared from the OBR rulebook in 2018, and there is no limit in the current rules, probably due to the pace of play and the time restrictions introduced since 2018, so question is, do you guys still enforce the 8 pitch max rule in your OBR games?

Whatever happened to "as long as he's consistent we don't care what he calls" ? I hate when coaches and players say this because its simply not true, and this post shows that. If you call a very tight zone, or very generous" for the the level you're doing, but do it for the same for both teams, you're still gonna have a lot of unhappy participants.

I have bases, R1, none out, batter hits a clear line drive base hit to left field, definite single, possible double. R1 goes to 3B, I don't hear/see my partner signalling he's got R1 coming into 3B, so I hustle over there, throw comes into 3B from F7, easily safe. I then hear yelling and screaming coming from the plate, I turn and the batter who just hit the line drive is sprawled out on the ground at the plate rolling around and screaming in pain (later found out he blew his knee cap on his swing). The defence has not thrown to 1B to get the batter out, neither my partner or I have called time to this point, but the play on the field has completely stopped, then coaches come on the field to tend to the injured batter, my partner finally puts his arms up to signal time. What do we do with the injured batter...call him out, put him on 1B?

Leg kick or not, its still IF as its not a Bona Fide slide because R1 didn't reach the base.

I would think 2 and 3 is 1 condition, in other words the illegal act is the hindrance of F2's play? How are these 2 separate conditions?

At that age, not sure I'd toss just for that comment, but stern warning for sure. There was no personal insult, "you" or "you're", not that that's the only reason to toss, just saying. Did you toss simply because of the F bomb, or also because of how loud it was? If so, if he had said "no damn way" instead would you still have tossed him?

In 2 man, as base ump, with 2 out I've always started in B with R3 or R2/R3 (likely play at 1b on infield ground ball), with less than 2 out I start in C under both scenarios, but I noticed the 2018 NCAA manual shows U1 in C under both scenarios, regardless of the outs. Can you discuss the starting point of U1 in 2 man mechanics, with R2 or R2/R3 for Milb, NCAA , etc, and if # of outs changes it.

Agree with the no IFF call, its a "flare", as you say in between, judgement call for sure. But don't agree with the off the baseline call, at least from the angle in the clip, there's not even a step and a reach by the fielder, just a reach, thats < than 3'

How do either of these work better than a flex belt?

One of my masks is a Diamond, how do I know if these graphite colored pads will fit it?

Shouldn't R1 and R2 be returned to their bases on the batter IF?