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He actually brought out a plate? Wow

I have never seen a manager move that quickly to get to an umpire. It was like he was shot out of a cannon.

He was called out for interference, not over running first.

Que?

Every once in a while I have a game where I lose focus for about an inning. One of my goals for the second half of the season is to maintain focus for an entire game. Of course we all want to be perfect and no matter how hard we try we will miss a pitch occasionally. The key , I suppose, is not to lose focus and not to have too many 'gross' misses (2 plane misses). To me, it is important to not turn strikes into balls too often.

I call BS, Dave Martinez

How many pitches do you feel you missed? We always tend to over think things, I think, sometimes. Carl Childress tells a story about a field in Texas that they would need to take an hour 'burrito and Dr.Pepper' break while the sun moved out of the batters sight-line.

How much do they pay umps for these games? I'm looking to advance to the next level.

We terminate (suspend) the game. What happens after that isn't our concern.

If there is no certified adult coach/administrator who can supervise the players, the game is suspended.

Not sure who this guy is, but he brings up some good points. Though this is not particularly applicable to NFHS, where they really want a 'warn, restrict, eject' process. How we present ourselves when we are under stress is very important.

The last two videos I've has seen of Hinch being ejected he was telling the umpire to stop looking in his dugout. Really? A coach saying that to me would piss me right off.

What is a college mask?

I was hoping for some dramatics...disappointed yet again

Ok....and then what happened?

Arik, he ejected the kid because of MC? Or because their ball fields were snowy?

Parent's pretending to be a coach describes most of travel ball daddy's, no? "Coach, we need a new scoreboard operator"

I've said this a lot, don't use 'trying to deceive' as a factor in calling a balk. Don't use, 'it looked funny'. You say the pitcher's free leg crossed over the rubber?

6 man is just too much for that little field. 4 man can be a cluster if it is messed up on the 60' field.

Get some Team Wendy's

Under a blue shirt you would look like the Denver Broncos

As mentioned, the runners 'tagging up' is not the same as them advancing to the next base. In this situation, U1 has all runners tagging up, PU has R2 advancing to third. Catch/no-catch doesn't change, Fair/foul doesn't change. PU needs to tell U1 if he's stuck on the line on a fair/foul to RF.

I know that certain leagues will have 'house rules' that include a 'must slide' rule. Some boards like to think they are making the game safer, when in fact its just the opposite.

What?

Being originally from California (East bay area), I got used to 90+ days. Now in Washington state, it's not that bad, but we tend to forget to hydrate when the hot day or two arrives.