Mussgrass

Why doesn't the manager get a suspension for that kind of tirade? No umpire should have to put up with someone inches from his face like that. I know I would not. Why can't pitchers just come set without all the extra crap?

It is sad when something like this happens, but it is a reality of the game. We all have seen close calls where someone managed to get their glove up in time or they were missed by just enough to avoid getting hit.

This week 6 years ago I was dealing with an intra-dural disc herniation that severely pinched the nerve roots in my L1-L2. My right leg lost function as the week went on. All caused by a sneeze that I tensed up on. I had surgery 1 week after the event. No hardware, just a partial laminotomy to remove bone so they could get the pieces of disc out. I still have foot drop and weakness in my right leg. But, God is good! I can do almost everything I want to. It took me 2 years to get back on the field. I still can't run fast and I do have some tingling and loss of feeling and function in my leg. Do all the exercises and work you can. Even if there is some permanent damage you can making the muscles that work as strong as they can be. Know your limits and keep pushing.

It would seem a bit like where a runner intentionally cuts the corner rounding 3rd base to knowing exploit the limitations of the 2 (or 1) umpire system. Our sense of fair play says there should be a penalty for cheating. At the same time there are rules to deal with the infraction but they require vigilance on the part of the defense.

I guess I see it as obvious that the interference was intentional.

I guess we just disagree on this.

What?

sO MAYBE i SHOULD HAVE WATCHED IT AGAIN BEFORE REPLYING. But the interference is obvious. I don't know what anyone is missing.

He grabbed the fielder. Interference all the way!

I have interference all day. He obviously did it to prevent the throw home.

I am sorry, if a 13U kid can't catch a lobbed ball he shouldn't be pitching.

I would bet he thought he had to go since it was not caught. We all know players don't know the rules that well. Just look at how many former players are color commentators and show their ignorance of the rules often.

As far as hydrating the day before, how do you handle the nighttime bathroom trips? I would think most of us on here are of the age that deal with that.

Why doesn't MLB have some automatic reviews? Similar to the NFL where all scoring plays and turnovers are reviewed.

Gotta love announcers, NOT!

Just run it as an independent rec league. You can make all the rules. Then let LL do their own thing. I bet you'd have no shortage of players.

So, at what point does a pitch stop being a pitch? I would say in this case once the F2 misplays it and it stays in play the rules for a pitched ball no longer apply. It is then the same as a thrown ball as far as runner and fielder liability.

Just count strike 2 as the uncaught pitch. Strike 3 is the penalty strike. Runner(s) can advance on the live ball but the batter is out.

Guys from my church play in a local church league. No beer, of course!

It looks to me like U3 must have just had a total brain fart. How is he not following the ball?

So what did the runner do wrong?

As long as the fielder had control of the ball at the instant he or she touched the base it would be an out. If it was a tag of the runner only then it would be a higher standard of control to be an out. Control would need to be maintained through the completion of the tag.

I would say just the opposite. He's out! The offense did something stupid so you punish their stupidity.

Even though the league I work is "LL" I tell the managers before the game that I will honor dead ball appeals. I am more interested in teaching the kids (and adults) to pay attention more than to go through the hokey pokey, as you put it.

Regardless of the outcome, the first base coach should be running laps for this bonehead move.