Young_Ump

I worked with one guy before who pulled his mask off at the same time (or instantly after) calling a strike.

The run doesn't count. OBR 5.08 How a Team Scores (a) One run shall be scored each time a runner legally advances to and touches first, second, third and home base before three men are put out to end the inning. EXCEPTION: A run is not scored if the runner advances to home base during a play in which the third out is made (1) by the batter-runner before he touches first base; (2) by any runner being forced out; or (3) by a preceding runner who is declared out because he failed to touch one of the bases.

That's what I always thought too.

Over the past few months I have read through a ton of topics (hey, it's the off season!) in the ATU, Mechanics, and Situations forums on this site; just so I can grow in my knowledge of umpiring. I have learned many valuable things, and I for one have benefited from @Senor Azul's extensive and thorough rules posts. I appreciate the time you take to research and write them. Please keep the posts coming.

And now it'll happen within your first week of umpiring this year.

Thanks @Gil

That was amusing. @wolfe_man yes it's lightweight. Thanks @EAA_umpire_Sam! And y'all did it without the help of @MadMax

About a year and a half ago a person from my other job said he hadn't umpired in forever, and gave me his old gear. Included was this mask frame (no pads or harness) and I can't figure out what make/model it is. It looks a lot like an All-star or Rawlings, but I haven't found any exact matches. Any ideas?

I'm a Red Sox fan but yeah, I was super mad about that. Absolutely ridiculous.

Ladies Union Circle.

Too bad about Hinch. Now we won't get to see him get tossed from a spring training game again this year.

Oh, okay. Didn't realize the FM25 was 22. I have what I think is an old one and I don't mind the weight.

22 ounces!!

Sounds like it just applies to stealing signs... Even if it did apply to any unsportsmanlike conduct, it certainly wouldn't prevent the umpire from immediately ejecting someone without giving a warning.

Yah, but Nike's are so narrow that a wide width in one of their shoes is about the same as a normal width in any other brand.

Exactly

No you're definitely not being naive and your expectation isn't unreasonable. Before I ever started umpiring I was a baseball nerd and I had actually read the rulebook through. I got into umpiring a little over 2 years ago when I was 15. I primarily do LL games, but not as a volunteer for LL. Pretty much all of the local Little League's here use our association to cover their games. Before I got put on any games I went to 5 class room sessions, a field session, and 2 supervised scrimmage games. Then my first season I did mostly low level minors games, with experienced umpires. I feel that I had a pretty thorough training. Since then I've read and watched a ton of helpful resources online, and I make it a point when I work with veteran umpires to ask them for feedback and any advice they have. Yes my question was rather ignorant and I willingly admit that I should have already known it. I'll learn from it, which is what I always try to do whenever something happens in a game.

Thanks @Thunderheads. Definitely always trying to learn and get better. I lurked on this site a long time before I made an account, and I have learned a ton!

Okay wow I definitely did not know that (which is awkward to admit ). Thank you!

This wasn't a situation that happened in a game I did, just something another umpire told me that sounded kinda funny. R3, 2 outs, ground ball to the infield. Throw to F3 takes him off the bag and he has to put a tag on the batter-runner for the 3rd out of the inning. R3 touches home plate before the tag occurs. But the umpire said that any play at first base counts as a "force" so its not a timing play and the run does not score, even though R3 touched home before the tag. Thoughts?

I'll back that up. Surprisingly low-profile and effective.

That chalk dust is .0000031 inches above the rest of the dirt. A deadly tripping hazard for sure.

Such a stupid batter to not run in a straight line and instead run in this odd, out-of-place lane. Wonder what that's chalked on the field for.

Okay. Thanks!