flyingron

I put the "attempt to put out" occuring when the runner is pretty much stasnding centered in the RH batter's box. That's even with and maybe 3' to the left of the center of the plate. His shenanigans then take him beyond the catcher's box, which is 8' from the plate and then back around the corner of the box before the catcher recovers enough to make another tag attempt. Both of those points are well over 3' from the center of the batters box to the plate. The oversliding is still well right of the basepath by twice the allowable distance.

Brennan Miller told him to go see O-Shag-Hennessey. You done screwed up A-A-Ron.

They've been using IR to determine if the ball hit the bat or the batter's pads in cricket for a while now, those silly leg-before-wicket British people.

Anybody hear from Lindsey or anybody at CCS? I know they kind of go dormant in the off-season, but usually they're awake by now.

Yep, try not to take it personally and get help. I was a NASCAR official for years at a local Saturday night track. I was asked to officiate a go kart race held at our track one weekend. I knew racecar drivers and crew were problematic, but I wasn't prepared for "driver's parents." After one came up to me midrace, I calmly pointed out to him "I don't know what facilities are you are used to running on, but this is a NASCAR track, and if you don't get back behind the wall, I'm going to have that nice police officer over there escort both you and your son off the premises."

The line is in fair territory. If the first touch of the ball is when it is over the line, it is fair. It matters not, as noumpere says, where the player is standing, nor where the ball goes after he touches it.

I found a book called "How to deal with people who make your life miserable." I kept it in my office and would periodically take it out and start reading it when some people insisted on dropping in.

You got me hooked.

We are all honorable men here. We do not have to give each other assurances as if we were lawyers.

The tag must be made with the glove or the hand securely possessing the ball. If he's juggling the ball, he's not securely possessing it nor if the act of makign the tag dislodges it. There's no rule as to how long after the tag is made he must retain possession, just that he holds it long enough to show he has complete control. Of course, if he catches it after the bobble and touches the runner again before the runner is back on the bag, it's still out.

How is that different from any judgment call you make?

Looked to me that he was avoiding the tag. How's this much different than the guy who prolongs a rundown to let his teammate score.

There's no obligation for an "obviously going to be out" runner to not delay the attempt ot make a play on him for the advantages of his teamates. This is actually good strategy in many circumstances.

I always liked bowling candlepins. Leave the deadwood in the lane, it's part of the game

I always liked bowling candlepins. Leave the deadwood in the lane, it's part of the game