Lou B

Fielders choice and RBI.

OBR 3.01 Comment - basically play on until the play is over then replace the ball. About 10 years ago Maldonado hit half the cover off the ball on a grounder to F5. F5 fielded the ball and threw to F3. The ball barely made it there, infield single! There's probably a video on YouTube! Of course, Roy Hobbs hit the cover off the ball in The Natural and got a triple !!!

Bona Fide Slide? There was no slide!

You judge it based on the players' positions at the time of the pitch.

No count on the batter and a passed ball, ball one! Ump tells batter to move and he starts running the bases. The catcher should know the count, throwing to fist was a mistake. Where/why was interference called?

True, but he's the worst MLB Umpire so I guess he's the worst of the best?

It's amazing this guy is still a MLB Umpire!

Up 16-1 and stealing/running up the score is pretty much bush league. I probably would not toss a coach for yelling that. Call time, tell him to knock it off. If it happens again he's gone.

It said less than 2 outs so the appeal of R3 is not the third out. One question: Did R3 stop short of the plate to celebrate with his teammates? If so, you have an out for the batter passing the runner when he touches home!

Wrong strike zone! As shown the bottom of the strike zone is just below her feet not her knees!!!

Played on the same team last year when she was 11. Pretty much the same thing. One day Tournaments every 2-3 weeks, 5-7 games. All the 11s came back this year. The organization has teams at every age level and just about all the girls make their school teams. Probably the best organization in the area. Again, just surprised of so many games in one day. They've Won every game so far and they're up 7-0 in the 6:00 game so they pretty much guaranteed to play in the 8:00 title game.

Spending today watching my grand-daughter playing in a 12U Travel Softball Tournament on GameChanger. Seems crazy to me how many games they play in a day. They won their games at 8:00, 10:00 and 12:00. Their 2:00 is almost about to start. Then they play at 4:00 and 6:00 and if they make the Finals, 8:00 !!! It still amazes me how many games (6-7) these tournaments have them play in One Day. I guess it all comes down to "show me the money"!

We have a set of Inter-League Rules that govern Inter-League Play. They supersede all Local League Rules. They are voted on/approved by the Presidents of the leagues participating in Inter-League Play. The rules have changed slightly over the years based on issues/problems from the previous year. No changes last year or this year. Copies of the rules are given to all managers and umpires and are also Posted on our District Website (https://tshq.bluesombrero.com/FloridaLLDistrict15). Feel free to Login and take a look at them.

A batter/runner, by definition cannot be a "force out". A force out occurs when a runner is " forced" to advance because of the action of the batter. As such, I would rule the batter/runner safe at first since he was not tagged while off the base.

Had our Inter-League Scheduling Meeting yesterday. Once again all our leagues are participating this year. The larger leagues help out by giving the smaller leagues needed games. Larger league teams normally play one home and one away game against the smaller leagues. Gives their kids the experience of playing at different parks. Between all of the baseball and softball divisions we end up with hundreds of Inter-League Games. We also have Baseball Mid-Season Inter-League Tournaments and Softball Inter-League Jamborees in the Competitive Divisions. Gives kids that aren't on Top Teams or don't make All Stars a chance to play in a Tournament. Inter-League Games start in 2 weeks. Is Inter-League a big deal in your LL District? We push it very hard to give leagues/teams the opportunity to play other leagues at other parks rather than just playing the same teams at your home parks. The kids seem to enjoy it.

I'm picturing this. R1 and batter hits a grounder to F5. F4 obstructs R1 heading to second and F5 throws to first to retire the B/R. Are you asking if the B/R is Out at first or Safe because of the Obstruction of R1?

Local High School games started Monday, 3 days ago.

West Central Florida, Crystal River area. Forecast for today, sunny in the low 80s.

Local LL tryouts this Saturday and next Tuesday. Drafts next Saturday. Two weeks of practice and then Saturday Opening Day.

What a 180, I remember when boundaries were sacred. Times change, sometimes for the better sometimes for the worse.

He was just doing his Jimmy Piersall impression!

A runner will be deemed legal if half of their foot is on the dirt and half on the infield grass - it would have been easier to say their whole foot needs to be on the dirt with none of it on the infield grass. I can see the replays now: looks like 75% of his foot is on the grass!

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In this part of Florida High School Baseball starts mid to late February (first game 2/19/24). Scrimmages start a few weeks earlier. Still two months away!

Any league that pays umpires for non-competitive divisions (T-Ball, Machine Pitch, ... ) is wasting money. Save the money and reduce fees by a similar amount.