JSam21

Sorry... my fault. The use of the 18" base at first instead of the double first base. Because yeah, lets throw off the entire geometry of the field and have teams have to reset their first base anchor. 12, requiring all electronic and audio/visual equipment to remain in the dugout. That would literally mean all cameras would have to film from the dugout, which doesn't help anyone.

Question 10 is the dumbest one on the list. #12 is close behind.

We award any bases that would negate the act of the obstruction. Either way we end up with how we finished.

You hold the point for the strike... then you make a signal if there is a tag attempt... it is much cleaner and eliminates confusion.

The reason why is because it looks terrible to give a safe signal, followed immediately by an out call for the tag. Just point the strike and hold it out.

A bunt is the method in which it was struck at. The batter held the bat in the path of the ball in an attempt to tap it slowly to the infield... he just happened to fail at that. The addition of the bunt in the question is a red herring to throw you off. Nothing more, nothing less as the ball being bunted or not is irrelevant to the ruling.

Was an infield fly called?

Then it is a violation on the batter. Yes, the batter must be ready with 8 seconds on the clock.

Remember in the Pre-Season video, they talked about how a pitcher has to come to a stop before delivering if they are doing that rocking motion in the wind-up. This is him coming to that stop.

Okay... but they aren't required to by NFHS rule.

This is their bullpen... they can do whatever they want to warm up in their bullpen. Also, the guardian doesn't need a helmet, just a glove.

You keep using Evans and PBUC... that is professional level... not amateur. I understand that TASO has it in their manual. All I've said is NFHS and CCA do not have it in their manuals. All of the camps and clinics that I have been to teach from the CCA manual.

Essentially. Just get in and get out of the throwing lane.

I have seen no one teach this mechanic at the amateur level working the 2 umpire system. Fight to get fair, if a hard shift is on, get inside and take the play from inside.

If I may give one positioning suggestion for your Deep B before getting into the meat of your other question. Try trying one step up from your current starting position and you might develop a better angle. Now as for your eyes question... The quicker that we can get our eyes to where the action is, the easier it becomes to focus on what we need to focus on. Don't let the ball turn you... as soon as you're comfortable knowing you're not going to be hit by the throw, get your eyes to the base and find the defender. The defender is going to let you know where the throw is going by their actions. And yes, the focus should be on the defender's glove. The defender will take the glove to the runner, so if we focus on the glove we will see the tag when it occurs.