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I hear ya, in retrospect I should have handled diffently. Got same two teams today so it should be a good one.

@Matt I totally agree I could have probably handled a little better. The reason I said that to the coach was because when the pitcher was acting a fool, he was pouring gas on the fire by saying I know. I should not have told him I am in charge but it is his job to Coach not mine.

If it had been the regular season I would have. The HS teams in GA play the entire month of June. It is used to help the younger guys get used to HS ball and for the older ones to work on mechanics. This was the only game out of 20 or so that I have had an issue.

High School game in a round robin tournament. Home team getting hammered. Pitcher for home team is showing tons of emotion with every call. Kid was throwing straigh but it was there ankles. Now my strike zone has expanded a bit because it is 15-0 in the second. Kid throws another one that catcher catches at least 10 inches outside the plate. Kid jumps up on mound looking to duggout. Coach says I know, I know. I call time and grab a ball out of my bag as I walk toward mound. I give the kid the ball and say little less emotion up here, you are missing low and the last one was way out. This is the only time I am coming out. Are we understood. He replies with a polite yes sir. As I walk back to the plate his coach calls time. He comes up to me and says what were you saying to my pitcher. I explain the convo to him. He says you can't do that, you are not a coach just hired help! I said, Coach I am in charge. Whether you like it or not I am the boss when it comes to the calls on this field and the conduct I see. I was simply explaining where he was missing so he might throw a little better and show less emotion. You are the one that should have called time and talked to him when he was jumping around. He says I am reporting you! I said, report all you want this is summer ball. After all it ain't my fault you are down 15-0, you can walk to the duggout or you can walk to the parking lot. Do you want to decide or do you want me to decide for you? He turned and went to the duggout. Game ended in 3 with a final score of 19-0!

I feel that this should be an IFF. Ordinary effort or not it still should be an IFF. Don't you guys agree. I know that if this was a NFHS it would have been one and you would have went home hungry instead of full from your sh** sandwhich!

Runner on 3rd. Batter with 0-2 count and two outs. Runner breaks toward home. Batter stays put and runner slides between his legs. Pitch is a ball. I call safe as I did not feel batter interfered with play.

Can someone explain the NFHS rules on stealing home plate? Can the batter step out of the box? How is he not out for stepping out? How does he not cause interference for staying in? Thanks in advance!!!

The ball was at least 4 feet into foul territory. The ball stopped rolling just as the runner picked it. There was absolutely no chance it could have went fair.

I have been doing HS games for a few years now. I have a friend that runs the local rec. dept. He asked if I could do some games for him. So, I did once our season was over. Here was the situation. This was a 9/10 year old game. There was a runner on third. Batter fouls a slow roller down the line. Kid gets his lead on crack of the bat in foul territory. Runner who is in foul territory grabs the ball and throws back to pitcher. Opposing coach immediately starts to yell he is out! I said he was in foul territory and go back to playing. Coach is still grumbling. After a few pitches I call time and ease over to the duggout where I explain the rule. Play resumes. The inning ends. In the middle of the inning I go and stand on third base line as coach comes out to go coach first. He says you know he was straddling the line. I said coach I was behind the plate and the kid was clearly in foul territory. This is over, go to 1st base. He says you are just too damn stubborn to listen. I said that is fine you can go to the parking lot. Boom and he was gone. On his way out he made a few little comments that I ignored. I hated to toss him but I saw that was the only way for it to end. Was I wrong? Should I have waited or got him earlier?