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JSam21

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JSam21 last won the day on December 19 2025

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  • Birthday 04/27/1981

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    St. Louis, MO

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    CBUA GPBA
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    Warehouse Admin
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  1. Oh I didn't mean to imply anything. I can only speak for the board that I am a part of. All of the board members are non-paid positions. The only paid members are our treasurer, webmaster, and assignor. All 3 of those positions are non-voting positions.
  2. As a board member, here is what I can tell you. Insurance, Arbiter, rental costs for banquets/meetings/training facilities/training equipment/videos, accountant/treasurer and webmaster/website costs, food/drink and awards. That is what your dues for our organization go to. Along with carrying a cash surplus in order to cover any emergencies or payment shortfalls from leagues/schools in order to make payroll on time. Pre-Season training for us starts in January with video calls for our JUCO crew, we have a preseason banquet/training in late January for all members where we focus on the upcoming HS season, then we have weekly in person training sessions from the first week of February until the week before the season starts in March, approx. 7 90 minute sessions, along with spontaneous cage work opportunities. We have recurring conference calls in-season to go over what we are doing well and what we can improve on. We charge $85 for a general membership, $30 for softball only, and $30 for students with valid school IDs. After 25 years of service, you no longer have to pay dues and become a lifetime member. Our dues are based on the lowest single game fee that our org gets, ($85). The State also charges a fee to register with them.
  3. There is no batter in this play, only runners. The runner being referred to is the one who the play would be made on. If you are unsure of which runner was being played on, then we get the runner closest to home plate. In this video, in real time, we are likely scoring R1 and getting the BR as the 3rd out. With replay, we would have R1 as the 3rd out.
  4. There is no search, but everything is broken down by author and category. As for the killing of the play, I think it makes sense to kill the play once the assisted runner is being played on. Since that runner, who is already out, could then draw throws to allow other runners to advance. As for the OBR difference, I can't find anything that would have the ball made dead in that case.
  5. All of the interpretations are on the NCAA's RQ+ Home Plate. You can do like I do, when they come out, print them and put them in a binder.
  6. I have. In a playoff game. The offensive coach didn't like it. I told him that I didn't like it either, but by rule that is how the NFHS wanted it called. He accepted it.
  7. And the throw originates from the same side of the lane that the runner is out of.
  8. I carry two, only because NAIA and NCAA D3 do not mandate a visible clock. In reality, it wouldn't be a big deal, if they would just mandate 3 umpires at all levels of college baseball, much like D1 requires 3 umpires at a minimum.
  9. The player on the "lineup card immediately preceding the batter due up will start on first base." https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2284449
  10. This is why I run the 2 minute off the belt timer and the 2:30 off of a stopwatch. I can pop the belt timer after the 3rd out, and pause the stopwatch when making my substance checks on the incoming pitcher.
  11. Honestly, no clue. I'm going to guess well, since they started it in the 2022 season and are still using it.
  12. There was a "sudden death" type of extra inning in the Frontier League. The 10th inning was regular international tie breaker, the 11th, they would have a plate meeting, home team would get to pick either offense or defense. They would then start with a runner at 1st, and it was either get 3 outs or score the run, who ever did what first wins.
  13. Looks like the All Star LUC pads
  14. NCAA- The defender has to avoid the runner by moving, if the defender doesn't do that, we have contact. That is both an issue with safety and interference. NFHS- It is in the case book. 8.4.2 Situation Y For your 2nd part, using the same situation given above, the ruling state, "While a runner is never required to slide, if they choose not to slide, the runner must veer away from the base if the fielder is there attempting at play." This runner did not veer away from the base, there is a defender there attempting a play, it is a violation.
  15. JSam21

    Runners Passing

    I just got a response from him and he states that he would need the BR to make an attempt to 2nd base in order to get the passing in this situation.
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