ArchAngel72

Im going WAY out there. So lets look at the play in whole. F3 misses his play on the ball it gets by him hitting R1 in the foot. F4 thus misses his chance to field the ball behind F3 and could not have made a throw to 1st or 2nd as F6 was in the outfield shagging the ball Thus no INT as 2nd could not have thrown out R1 or R2 as neither base was covered. 🤪

I have seen this behavior in 10 U mostly early in the season by seasoned coaches and kids taking "advantage" of new kids and coaches. Sometimes it lasts into later in the season with teams that do not pick up on how to handle the situation. I never saw this in 12U kids and coaches were usually well versed with those shenanigan's

That was a clear cut case of poor coaching. Those kids and coach had NEVER been involved with a situation like that and they showed it. Bet they never make that mistake again.

Im putting this out there so I have something in writing. a 6 foot plus 12 yr old throwing 82 mph. Anyone want to bet the Chinese team will be disqualified within 6 years due to cheating and lying about kids ages and or locations where they came from?

Based on how many times in the brief period I would say they are working at hitting him now.. Cause apparently they are NOT successful at brushing him back🤷‍♂️

Meh that last one was so inside if he had not swung he probably would have taken it off the bicep. Still inside is inside to me

How about they start suspending the pitchers throwing at him so often?

One could argue if F2 is standing blocking the plate a runner would have to change his running speed or direction to the plate in order to get to it. Even if he moves out of the way during getting the ball the runner has been impeded. I would also argue that the runner diving back to the back was impeded upon as when he initiated his dive back to the bag He was impeded and then bashed into the foot and worked around it. Had the foot not been there he would have been safe and I do not thing F5 would have been able to move to block the bag once he got the ball. To me (with replay) this is still obstruction

Well I certainly hope so.

Well what footage I saw of her I thought she did a fine job, of course minus that 1st pitch. But Hell I was looking at that 1st pitch and thought The effing catcher and batter were squeezing her hard inside and gave her NO room. Not to mention 1st pitch gitters I am sure. But hey ?90 % accuracy I know I could not have done that well. Bravo!

TMiB Brother you are talking apples and T-bone steak. Large difference on a fair or foul call or a ball or strike call or a bat flip. This is being tossed from the game and on National TV. It would be a massive issue for LL and ESPN. Hence why I wish they would just get rid of the dang rule.

I know the rule was changed before the 2020 season as after the fiasco in Bristol the wording was changed basically to what it is today. I even put forth the argument about the way it was worded Every kid could do it and get a warning before ejecting anyone. As I was at the next springs class at Bristol. Even asked Doc about it. I wont repeat what he told me but I get why they did not follow the rule. They Do NOT want a kid being tossed from a game on ESPN The damage you could do mentally to a 12 yr old by tossing him out of a LL game on TV and Youtube is extremely possible and probable. My 2 cents you do not want to toss a kid out on TV Take the rule OUT of the book

I was at the East round a while back when NH was playing Rhode Island They had this exact thing happen under the old rule The old rule HAD no warning in it but they warned the team and let them play on. The Next season the rule was adjusted to what it is now and I read it and said to myself WTF. The way its written they can give EACH and EVERY player on the team a warning before they toss someone. Its awful. They need to do away with the damn rule all together and stop making umpires judge stupid things like this. These kids all idolize Major leaguers and when they see THEM doing it they will attempt the same and WE all know not ONE of those kids reads the rule book and none of them were told by their coaches DO NOT signal the batter from 2nd base. Just snip the rule and deal with crying coaches cause then they cant have their pitcher bean that kid next time up.

I thought AS made some tan leather er deerskin pads

So who is the one taking him out of the game? the player or the coach?

IMHO What we have here is someone who has probably put in a bunch of time the past bunch of seasons and NEVER took any kind of training but was promised by the DA he would get a District or State game if he put his time in. Well 10U plate came up and they tossed him in there. But damn that was "ugly" to watch. For the record I have done State final games bases and plates. And admittedly on a ball to Left / center field when I was 3U I moved inside so I could "see better" ( my 1st time on the bases in a 4 man) I have no idea what made me think move in but I did . And whooo did I get a talking to. Much the way you guys have pinned my ears back when I post something dumb 🤪

I always dusted 1st to check on them so I could face them if they got up and walked away then I would walk the ball out

Also to your point. Players see this there will be batters flopping around in the box after taking a slight nick off a foul ball going fwd cause they saw this example of what happens when you get smacked and dont get a bit of time. I do know if my catchers caught one I would step around and dust off the plate for him

Still he walked away from the box and adjusted him self and hopped up and down. As an ump I would ask "You Ok?" Just cause I did not see it does not mean he did not get it.

https://x.com/JomboyMedia/status/1947462218695823574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1947462218695823574%7Ctwgr%5Ea20b8444d7ba4140bd16ac614e7e5c8afbdf755a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outkick.com%2Fsports%2Fseiya-suzuki-pitch-clock-violation-foul-ball-off-crotch-cubs-royals This seems a bit wrong. the guy took a nut shot, doesn't this stop the pitch clock for him?

I see DBS

So what you are saying is do not use "Password" for my Password ?

Hey Max not questioning you but going by what I was told the Cobalt skully for Umpires was made for "umpires" I say this laughingly as I was told this but comparing they gear side by side to a catchers which is worn backwards and has a longer visor. The padding on the visor side was the same for us as it was for catchers.. but I digress it was made for umpires... wasnt it? or so I was told at least.

Personally I would prefer a text and or email authenticator but I DO have a MS authenticator do that would not deter me myself or I

I swear when some bonehead tries to be a smaht playah. and holds a tag on a kid laying down I want to go "OK I'm gonna go get a hotdog and a soda, let me know when this is over"