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What I cannot believe is that I am the only one on the board who has put anything in this section in a LONG time... and this was not even a fun or exciting EJ... just a run of the mill MC with no drama.

Don't forget Bevis and Butthead...

And in H2O Polo, it is no longer sudden death, but 'golden goal'... We are producing a bunch of babies...

Only when we do our playoff tournament at the end of the season. Seeding is by hat pull.

In our league: Minor B (8-10 yr old) 5 run max per inning, 3 outs or once through the order (we bat CBO). Sixth, or as needed, the declared open inning is 3 outs or once through the order. There is no mercy rule in Minor B. Minor A (9-11 yr old) 5 run max per inning, 3 outs or once through the order (we bat CBO). Sixth, or as needed, the declared open inning is 3 outs or once through the order. We do follow the mercy rules as printed in the Green Book. Majors (10-12 yr old) Strictly Green Book.

I wish... in So Cal for JV and below, 2.5hr no new inning...

Hold your horses there Hoss... This is a JV game where, if the coaches agree to it at the PLATE MEETING, then a mercy rule can be put into place. If not discussed, or not agreed to, then there is no mercy rule... So although I would love to just MSU at the plate meeting, this is not the case. For Varsity, there is no mercy rule, except for one of the leagues in our area where that is part of their league rule.

The game ended. I thanked God for getting the coaches to agree to a mercy rule at the plate meeting, which saved me another 1/2 hour of calling ball after ball... I then drove home, ate dinner and hung out with the kids. :-)

You may have read it before, but I bet you heard about it on the phone before that... smarty pants!

Keep in mind, this only applies when teams are batting 9... Most leagues, at least in my neck of the woods, play CBO, so there is no re-entry issues for Majors and below.

Top of third inning, 1 out, R1/R2. Batter hits the ball to the outfield. R2, rounding third, attempts to score. Catcher is set up legally in front of home plate where he receives the ball. Catcher positions himself to the third base side of home plate, in position to tag R2 who was not yet to the dirt circle. R2 illegally lowered his shoulder in a non-defensive manner and created a collision, malicious contact, with the catcher versus legally sliding, attempting to avoid, retreating or giving himself up. I immediately called time, declared the runner out, and ejected him from the game for malicious contact. The score at the time of ejection was 6 to 1 in favor of the visitors, who ultimately won the contest 18 to 2.

So @grayhawk ... as our official RI... what, when this happens again, is the interp for our group in So Cal?

Besides... most rule sets, unless playing FED, do not have a restrict requirement. 8 year old players, act like a jerk, go to the car. "I restricted him to the parking lot".

But, but!!! We want the WHOLE zone called.... until it is against us, and then we don't!

I found that using this new signal, below, really is subtle and lets only my partner know we need to speak:

I'm also sure the pitching to one additional batter was the reason the score was 11 to 4 If the announcement went out every 1/2 inning, then the coach should be even more responsible for ensuring his player did not cross over the threshold... seems lazy on the State to not make the coach responsible.

I have seen this in travel tournaments where they want to use FED, but you have 12-13 YO players who cannot swing a drop 3. Just make sure that you are cognizant of the rule, if it applies in today's game. Once the coach says yes to all players and and equipment being legal, your good...

Hit the nail on the head... you can only leap/hurdle if the fielder is prone on the ground. Any other time and the hurdle is not legal.

The hat needs the CIF logo embroidered on it. Shirts, jackets, etc... they need the CBUA (California Baseball Umpire Association) worn on the pocket, or just above the pocket.

I'm thinking that you, as the coach, have little to no impact if little Jimmy's mom and dad want to make a to do about it. As a BOD member, as much as it hurts to say it... I will defend the manager since the decision was taken out of his hands. Now I feel icky, I sided with a coach ...

We lost that flexibility in So Cal... we can wear 2 shirts: Black with the white pin stripe down the flanks, or the blue with the black pin stripe. We can also wear a shell if desired, provided it is the proper one. Starting this season, we must also wear a CIF logoed hat. Gone are the days of us matching in pretty much anything we wanted to wear.

First, if we are at tournament time, I am going to enforce the tournament rules. Warn and then eject. Also, in tournament, most teams play with enough on the squad that MPR is only one at bat, which this player just had. The kids have had a whole season to figure out how to play so this resolves the issue your mentioning Rich of a MPR violation as the Manager is no longer on that hook. In our regular season, we play CBO, even at the Majors division locally, so the chance of an offender coming up, getting warned and then doing it again prior to meeting his defensive MPR is slim... BUT... if it happened, and I told the coach that player needs to be removed from the game due to his repeated violations two things are going to occur: 1) The coach is going to comply. If he does not, then I just EJ the player. Same result for me, other than filling in a report. Most likely ejecting the manager as well, but I hope they see the light. 2) As the UIC of our league, I will defend the coach from an MPR violation. I am ordering him to do something, and I am disqualifying the player per 9.01d. Under 9.01b: Each umpire is the representative of the league, and Little League International, and is authorized and required to enforce all of these rules. Each umpire has authority to order a player, coach, manager, or league officer to do or refrain from doing anything which affects the administration of these rules and to enforce the prescribed penalties. Since I disqualified the player and ordered the manager to sit the kid, I would defend the manager and argue that no MPR violation happened since the player was precluded from obtaining his MPR due to his actions, and my administration of 9.01d and d.

That is exactly what I was thinking. If you want to play the game (of being stupid), you have to know the rules. But let's be serious... you walked the bases loaded, and let's assume this scenario is still going on, which let's face it, is NEVER going to continue... Now they walk another batter... you think the OHC, or the 3rd base coach which is standing right next to the base is not going to motivate his R3 who should be scoring to move? That kid, if he refused, would be running fences until next December.

Gerry spoke about this at one of our association meetings. His response was that the batter knew what he was doing, purposely ignored his command to move back in position, and basically left him no choice in the matter but to eject him.

Thanks! From 18 months back... my game has evolved a little. I just eject them now