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Fair enough!

I think a lot of the translating (?) before that would be pretty entertaining. Probably a lot of Scioscia saying that he had no FEEEEL for the game. And how unfair it was that he was getting the silent treatment? What'd you do that for? Why? Just like that? Just like that, you run me? Is that what you're gonna do? the whole time? You can't do that Jerry. i deserve better than that, you're better than that Jerry, come on!

This would make a great Jomboy (Classic Edition)

Off the top of my head, there is an NFHS rule that does not allow for "expected" substitutions. That is to say, manager cannot call for a courtesy runner saying, this player is "going" to pitch / catch next inning. That rule would apply here as well, manager cannot say catcher is "going" to come out as catcher so the mandatory rule does not apply. Edit: heh that's what I get for not reading the rest of the thread before replying. Nearly everyone else in the thread had the same understanding of the rule as me.

I grit my teeth every time Jim Joyce gets mentioned in the same conversation as replays. Gallaraga did *not* catch that ball cleanly. IF there had been replay at the time, the only way that call gets overturned is if Rob Manfred is in the replay room. Although Bud Selig probably cared less about the integrity of the game than Manfred, which is saying a lot. Deckinger on the other hand.... wtf was he doing on that play? I watched that game on my dorm room tv which was a 10" B&W and *I* could see it...

I agree with most of what you say on this forum, but that ⬆️rhymes with morse bit. Tell those guys they aren't competing. If I'm getting paid for a game, I'm getting paid for my best effort no matter what. Unless someone specifically tells me that the game is some type of scrimmage I'd have a hard time using it as a "workshop". I also think you're doing a disservice to "many of your colleagues" and I suspect that "many of your colleagues" might not agree with you. Edit: @MadMax made very good clarifying points below. I am not sure I agree entirely with how he expressed it, but I do see now what he meant, and I appreciate his well-thought response.

text MFA would be nice, authenticator MFA would be more difficult and it wouldn't deter dedicated users, you would likely raise the bar for new users. There are lots of questions in Ask The Umpire where a new user might not bother if there was extra authentication required?

Thank you for the clarification. Very helpful.

RHP with an inside leg turn steps towards 2B for a pickoff attempt. Still engaged with his pivot foot, there is no one covering 2B so he throws to F4 who is about 15 feet to the 1B side. Isn't the pitcher required to throw directly to the base? There was a balk early in the MLB season where RHP threw towards F5 who was well off the base and a balk was called. OP's situation is different, F1 disengaged end of story. ( I am painfully aware of "it's impossible to balk to 2B", but for some of us the dream lives on... )

This is a good opportunity to check your lineup card, give the plate a good brush, and start walking slowly towards the mound. That give the defense plenty of time to wrap up whatever by the time you arrive.

I agree that you could not call a balk if F1 is walking across the back of the mound; however, to me the key would be how close F1 gets to the pitcher's plate. If F1 is walking across the mound, walks up to the rubber and then keeps walking past it? I have him within 5' and call a balk. Too much emphasis on "taking a position" imho.

Thank you sir! As you can see, I've earned my user name....

An adult Safety Officer who's on field could always sound a siren that stops play on all fields immediately, but an umpire should always be able to do the same for lightning absent a siren from the Safety Officer.

My grandson played in a tournament where there was lightning in the distance. The youth umpires saw the lightning and wanted to stop play. The "adult" coordinating the games said, "Keep going, it's too far away." This wasn't Texas, and it wasn't heat lightning, it was lightning from an active weather system. In other words, the exact type of lightning that is supposed to cause a suspension of play. Best part... the tournament was a memorial tournament honoring a LL umpire who dedicated 40 years of volunteer work to the local league and who also would have suspended all the games on all the fields at the first flash of lightning.

I've umpired games before with no outfield fence. Could a situation be possible where the batter hits the ball so hard and so far that despite the ball hooking foul and landing on foul ground that it would have obviously been a home run but for the fact that there was no outfield fence? I'm imagining a moon-shot type of fly ball hit to the right of F7 and traveling 350-400 feet in the air *before* curving foul....

I feel dumb for asking, and I am going to look it up as soon as I ask... Why is that not a time play? There is no force, so the run would have scored before B/R is out at 1B. Isn't that a time play?

Point to yourself and say, "right here!"

How could everyone on the field miss that call? What's up with the Brewers' manager?

The one single phrase I've used more than any this season, "Batter, in the box, please." Surprisingly effective and highly recommended.

Not gonna lie. Saw the topic: Coach handling player's protective gear Read this: Had NO idea what I was gonna read next.

You are correct. It's not nepotism. If Joe Biden owned Burisma, it could be nepotism. If there were any evidence that Brandon called a buddy at Burisma to hook Hunter up, that could also be nepotism. ' To be fair, Eric Trump having a prominent role in the Trump Org isn't really nepotism. It's a family company, no surprise that members of Trump's family run the business. He could have used tons of other examples of nepotism. For instance, if I'm a prominent public official, and I appoint my son-in-law -- who has no experience in government and who's own father went to prison for scummy SH*# -- as a special envoy to France. That would probably be nepotism. And when some French company forks over $2 billion to invest in my son-in-law's New York office building that's about to default? That's also probably nepotism, among other things. But that's a purely hypothetical example, no one could be so brazenly corrupt, could they?

OK I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought both of those things.

It's been a while since I umpired games for U12, but if a 12-year-old drops an F-Bomb loud enough for people to hear, he should be ejected.

Why?

My very sincere apologies. There was an experimental rule change for High-A in 2021. https://www.milb.com/press-release/minor-league-rule-changes