BLWizzRanger

What? He's allowed two pumps.

I dont think I have ever seen MM apologize, so Eddings has that going for him.. He likes to argue and is always right, as far as he knows. If you care to see....

Mark Madden is.... well, Mark Madden. Love him (minority) or hate him (majority) he always has a thought provoking opinion. His wrestling schick that he uses often, does get old quickly though.

Sorry if this was mentioned before but the word is that meniscus surgery hastens a knee replacement. Take it for what it is worth. Btw, I am 10 weeks post op for my left knee replacement and 3 weeks pre op for my right. Got a arbiter game assignment on Monday for a fall ball game and had to be 'talked' out of it by my SWMBO. Seemed like old times... lol. Good luck!

Just curious, with or without knee candy (advil / tylenol) ?

Margin of error in the system? MOE half inch plus the inch on the black gives you 1.5 inches, which is half of a balls width, relatively.

Rule 5 5-15-C-3 Leaving position during an altercation change reads to me that this is an example of if you didnt like it, call it exactly as written. Tossing the 27th player on the bench for taking a few steps onto the infield during an altercation is draconian.

In a real life NFHS experience..... On a Senior Night, one game before a championship game and it might have been little Johnny's friends iguinas's birthday too, I threw out a head coach for arguing over a FPSL play and an assitant coach for flying out of the dugout after the HC was tossed. The HC's argument was how could I make that call - well the kid slid through the 2B and hindered the play - and after blowing through the first warning, he got personal and wouldnt stop arguing, blowing through the other warning quickly. His personal statement included, what was I doing as it was Senior Night and the Championship game was a game away (here, an ejection includes a 3 game suspension). He appealed the suspension, of course, and got the three games reduced to one. All I care about was that he earned his in-game suspension, of course. But, to TMIB words, it is up to the coaches and players to act properly no matter what the future holds for them. They act like a fool, they risk participating in the next few games. We only care how they act in the current game. And dont let a coach sway you in a plate meeting by letting you know what is upcoming for them. Forget it as soon as you here that gibberish. It doesnt matter for the current game.

IDK, this reeks of an AI generated list. Please take a quick poll to see if anyone has seen an umpire put their hands in their pockets for any reason other than trying to keep them warm between pitches or just to hand out. (BTW, I think putting hands in the front pockets for an extended period of time is a bad look. placing them in the back pockets is a better more attentive look) Sorry for highjacking this thread.

I disagree. 25 cents a game is a steal!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B44SWC67?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 These were what I used for my arthritis during games and, while I can't say for sure how much they helped when paring these with knee candy (Advil), I do think they did. I only posted this now as I put them on today to protect my new knee when I starting working on my garage floor fixing my brakes. I wanted to keep my knee clean. I have felt a major difference in the swelling discomfort while these were on. I can't say they are better than what others have proposed. But, I can say they did help today for compression. Good luck in finding something that works for you.

It will be funny... Coach LoseALot gets a text mid game from Parent KnowItAll that his Billie only got to bat twice last game and needs to bat more. And, tell him to keep crouching over like Pete Rose did because Pete had over 4K hits in the show. They will get what they deserve if they abuse the cell phone policy.

That is some sort of Zen level or hash pipe level of thinking, my friend.

If cell phones and ipads are allowed to be held by the coaches in the box, how long before the first ejection because the coach is now taking video of everything and they have the nut cutter on video to show you how bad you missed it? Oh, I cant wait.

Really? Challenge accepted! Let me go pull out my kids ACT study notes from years past to help me. BTW, I see where I still was thinking the base was centered instead of and moved to the edge. Plus, I was thinking of the 15" to 18" change. So I am probably wrong. Lets see how wrong. Lets remember that the home plate size isn't changing. So the bag would move from the middle of the bag to the corner of the bag, in other words, half an hypotenuse. 18" squared + 18" squared= 648 324+ 324= 648 square root of 648 is 25.5" Half of 25.5 is 12.75" So the 18" bag's nearest point to home plate would decrease 12.75" I think that is an advantage to the defense. what do you think?

So, second base will be 6 inches closer to the others and a little over 3 inches closer to home base. Who will have the advantage, the BR trying to steal the base or the F2 with the shorter throws?

I will say no. The label 90 feet is in a red/brown color and is on the outside of the diamond. Plus, it looks like same color as the baseline.

Anyone have the research as to why the three 'outside' bases use the edges of the base where as the center of second base that is used?

Whats the cost of modifying the anchors for one base (double base) to modifying the anchors for three bases (18" bases)? Rhetorical question of course.

Its delayed due to no play being directly made on the obstructed runner. This allows the defense to make plays on other runners and possibly record outs on them. It allows the obstructed runner to go past the base they would have been awarded. He is always a live runner and can commit interference and malicious contact during the play.

Yeah, that is what I remember as the new rule. If they continued into left field, they would be considered abandoning the base. If they made the turn to third, they would be considered to be running the bases correctly. No one saw the 'return to second (or third if the force is there) immediately' in these scenarios.

Hey everyone, I finally got my left knee replace a week ago (and will get my right one done in September). Thus, my season ended early but I had some success by getting picked to do the State Quarterfinals this year. Still got the goal of getting the plate on the championship game but that will have to wait a year or so. So since I am laid up and bored and achy, I started thinking about getting a tattoo on my scar (not really going to go get one, just thinking about it). I came up with one and asked AI to produce the picture. The description first base umpire down in a stance straddling the first base line looking at the foul pole and we only see his back and butt -- with my scar being the foul pole. Hey! my balls would always be fair! AI still has a ways to go. What I got was: Anyone got a thought on what their scar tattoo would be on a knee replacement scar? lol

Gotta like the left arm chicken wing stopping the normal arm motion when running.

This might be a little word play - apologise in advance. Having an issue here with the word 'continuous.' It is continuous in that he doesnt stop. What he isnt is smooth or not allowed to pump his leg. And I see the 'pumping' by his foot doesnt hit the ground on the initial step trajectory. He has to raise it, ever so slightly, and twist his body to allow his foot to step to the base on the new trajectory. I hate the word 'smooth' here but I can get behind the leg pumping explanation. Thoughts?

While I do agree with this in principle whenever the ball is dead, and have giggled to myself when this has happened, I still want them to give me notice when they are going out to talk with them. Its a courtesy, at that point to the umpire, to ask for time.