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Trilogy was my first album purchase. I still have From The Beginning under my fingers 50 years later. Just last month, my 32 year old son said his older brother (my musician son) told him to stream some ELP, heard FTB, and had to tell me "I thought you wrote that." I'll take that as a compliment!! 😀

Absolutely with you - I've done this myself. Thankfully it was an easy fix but there was no way I was going to allow a pitch when none of the three of us at the plate could see through the glare.

So why not write the rule thus: "If a fair ball goes through, or by all infielders with a reasonable ability to make a play on the ball and touches a runner immediately back of said infielder(s) or touches a runner after being deflected by an infielder, the ball is in play and the umpire shall not declare the runner out. In making such decision, the umpire must be convinced that the ball passed through, or by, the infielder(s) and that no other infielder had the chance to make a play on the ball; runners advance if forced. The determination of 'a reasonable ability to make a play' is at the sole discretion of the umpires on the field." Isn't that much clearer and EXACTLY what the intent of the rule is? Instead, you get a lot of umpires reading the meat of the rule without the 'exception' which really isn't an exception at all. The people who write the rule books need a good editor but never seem to find the time or money to employ one.

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How did the runner legally return to touch first if the ball was dead?

I settled on the runner's got to beat the throw. I liked outs.

I was taught the answer to this is that a tie is impossible. The umpire judges which happened first and that is that.

Tmac talked about that. Said don't go right because of risk of injury. ??

But then, the call went their way.

Get coach to put you in the 4th quarter. No doubt. No doubt in my mind.

And whatever you do - DON'T adjust to the outside or even directly over the catcher - you will be taking hot shot foul balls directly to your head, neck and body. Stay in the slot and do the best you can.

But if base is staying with the complete play at 2nd, they can get FPSR right? @Richvee Sounds good to me on the surface. Now let's say R1 is safe at 2nd so it opens up plays at 3B and home when there are over throws, etc. How does the rotation work?

Black, light blue and navy should get you through. Hopefully, you don't have OCD guys who want to match all the way down to the sleeve edge and collar. If they are going to be that particular, your association needs to establish an account at Smitty's or Ump-Attire, or whatever and have everybody order the same thing from their account. In Alabama it was like that - shirts came with the association patch and everything.

Doesn't NFHS have a clause about motions not 'habitually' associated with the delivery? I went to look it up but I guess NFHS makes you buy their rules now!

I don't know. There are 2 outs. He snow-cones it, look at it then controls it enough to toss it out of his glove and catch it in the webbing while then celebrating and hitting his catching arm such that it dislodges. I'd rule that a catch too.

That video runs counter to what Maven said. So which is it? Seems to me if there is a swing, you have a strike. Intent isn't a consideration.

So, Blue, how do you handle this at your local sports plex? Do you try to move it along or just let it go?

They missed 'Coolers not allowed', 'no refunds after payment', and 'save 3.5% on technology fees If using a bank account'. KA-CHING!

That's what some people call your clicker.

What rule set was this tournament played under. Substitution rules differ quite a bit?

Double post of free NYT article. Carry on.

You can blame me for that. I wrote a lot of the software in those lighting controllers in Round Rock - if my old work colleagues are to be believed about where those things got installed. For sure, they are now used in SF's Oracle Park and a lot of other minor league venues.

Or maybe that's the best the associations can do.

Look at his feet - neither of them is headed toward the bag. I think that angle shows you that. If you see neither foot headed into the bag it's an easy call. If that runner's left foot was touching the right-most part of the bag, still call it? I think, strictly speaking, yes. But I'd like to hear how my assignor and association want it called. Maybe they colored those areas in the diagram gray for a reason. 🙂