BigVic69

Ha ha. I agree,.but a weight shift to a pause, with a "bounce" in body in between woild indicate otherwise. Move foot stop/pause (weight shift) Move hands stop/pause. Resume to secondary positions (foot/hands) I was telling the manager by simply saying "double set". I only said it twice and only after the pitcher continued into a second batter. the umpire told me that he was not set and i kindly explained to him thay i was talking to my manager and not to him. I appoligozed to him if he thoigh otherwise. I never called time out, nor spoke to field umpire directly. The manager did not bring it up, but it achieved the result as the pitcher sped up, and made it obvious. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

"as my catcher was in the process of making the catch." This part is key as if he had no possesion, then the catcher has no right to the baseline, even if waiting on the ball. No ball, no right. Sliding is the preferred part of the game for runners (No WWF in little league), my boy was flipped onto his back and was dazed on a play and he waited for a thrown ball to reach him. I asked him what he thought, he said "i guess i should not have been in the way". Ha ha ha. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

The pitcher was in the stretch. He brought his forward foot toward the rubber an paused his foot motion (resting his weight) while at same time he brought in his hands together at the top of his chest and paused, then he proceeded to draw in his foot closer (he had to shift his weight) and his hands lowered to his belly and came to a stop (the "normal set position") I said he double set, the umpire said he did not? Can he double, triple, quadrupel set? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Rule 8 The Pitcher 8.01 (f) Rule 6 The Batter 6.06 (b), this says when a batter wohld be out and my elimination when he is not out. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

I am only talking about what the feet do, the hands have to complete and act of separation as well. But you did not mention the hands. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

The first two minutes describes what three options you have for throwing to home or first base. I think you are describing the third move "quick feet" where yoy do not disengage the rubber. If that is what your pitcher did, then it is not a balk. BUT the pivot foot must move a hair faster for that move to be legal. Good luck in arguing that, eh? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

I have had the proverbial zombie coach that seems to "forget" to ask for time. I say (with a commanding voice) "do not approach the field coach" and they freeze in their tracks. In your situation, the runner did not give a hoot about anything but getting to second base. The play is not resolved until the batter-runner pauses at first base with no intent to "continue". Until then, the granting of time is not even considered by myself. The coach would have only interfered with his pitcher, right? You did not say that he did any of that. The runner is out, good try...maybe next time. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

If it is not a third out, then the run scores. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

It is a strike to the batter. If it is a third strike and the third out, the the run does not score. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

WWF is not an option. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Sounds like a teaching moment. Call the manager over and have a discussion with the player and manager. Offense: This is not WWF, and you were out because of...etc. make sure he understands that Pro wrestwling on the field will still get you out. Defense: get the out, get off the bag 7/8 is Machine pitch 5/6 is Coach pitch. It is hard for me to think that this was "intentional". Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

In little league minors (9/10), majors (11/12), i call a fist on either side. We would be there forever as many of these kidoes find it hard enough to get the ball to some semblance of a strike. Same age group, but in select baseball, i call the plate. These players have more training and i expect more. However, I watch closely for a good painting of the corner, eh? It may look like i am giving a ball off, but if the ball does not passmover the plate, i do not call it. I still look for the arm pits to knees, based on the initial approach to the ball so this chanfes from batter to batter. Is this maybe what you are seeing and taking issue with? I do not have any problems with coaches as i REALLY make every effort to call the same strike zone throughout a game. My older boy calls it the same way and he has the same success. However, you will never satisfy all coaches/parents. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

In that case, the batter-runner is out IF the ball remains fair. If the ball goes foul then it is foul and all runners and the batter return to original positions. Right? So the onky question is, was the ball judged to be fair or foul. Right? Little league rules. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

However, the batter-runner is out, due to the play. The runner, at home, is safe. Continue the game. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Leaving theory aside. I see the 1st baseman keeping her eye on the ball and chasing after the path of the ball. I do not see her giving a rats-patoot concerning the batter-runner. No interference. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

The protected player must not be "interfered" with in making the play on the ball. Contact does not need to occur, simply making that player "move" to avoid a collision is enough. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Little league rules. "In field fly, runner is out if fair" is what needed to have been said. The runners only have to "tag up" if the ball is caught. The batter-runner is out if the ball remains in fair territory, or is touched in fair territory by a defender. If it.is foul, thsn itnis foul. I did not see interference as the 1st baseman was chasing the ball. However, If it was interference then the batter-runner is out anyway (IFF or not), BUT this time all runners return. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

I "loosley" breaking the rule? I guess the devil is in the details, eh? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Unrelated x2 I also coach...Junior baseball these days (open bases) I have a separate set of signs and the coach that i have worked with for years has a separate set. He tells the batter to hit/bunt, i tell them where to hit the ball to in the field. He tells the runnwr to steal, i tell them what i see the pitcher doing and what to look for in his motion. We look like a couple of psychotic solid gold dancers. I try to make it fun for the players and will often "talk" signs to them. It sounds like i am chastising them, but the batters understand and make appropriate adjustments. Go ahead and try to read some of my signs and jibber-jabber...good luck. Sometimes my boys do not know what i am asking them to do, so I will (on occasion) tell them to "bunt and steal" out loud. Ha ha ha. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

At least in little league rule book 2019, it is up to the local league to adopt the rule. So you have to ask the local league. Rule 9 The Umpire (d) "note", states that a player, coach, etc. "Shall be ejected" for the stealing and relaying of signs to alert the batter of pitch selection and/ or location is unsportsmanlike behavior... The operative words are " pitch selection" and "location". This means the position of the catcher. If adopted, then the umpire can apply. I tell my local league ALL THE TIME, that if you do not follow a single rule, then ALL rules are no good and cannot be followed. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

My son and i worked a game that required an intentional walk to have the pitcher/catcher go through the motions and not simply apply 4 pitches to the count and then walk the batter. I suppose it was to avoid such issues. But yes, have the batter take his position in the box, grant time to the coach, turn to the book and tell them to apply 4 balls and 4 pitch counts to the pitcher, instruct the batter to take 1st base. Repeat the process. This will avoid making the game what it is not indended to be, a circus. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

In little.league: For the batter, yes. For the pitcher, no (ha, they have enough trouble finding the strike zone with the hand that they are used to using) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

A pitcher, in little league, does not have the same opportunity to "switch". The pitcher must use the same hand to deliver the ball to each batter and can only switch between batters. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Yes i mis-spoke, as the "new" pitcher must complete the next batter. In either case, the former pitcher is toast. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

If a player picks the ball up, takes a position on the mound, and throws to a catcher with one "warm up" pitch, he becomes rhe pitcher of record. This happened this past weekend, when the 1st baseman did as described above, i informed the coach that he had a pitching change. And that "new" pitcher must throw at least one ball to the next batte. regardless his former putxher.cannot come back. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk